Múcio argues that GSI should change its name but remain under military command – left reacts
"To end [the GSI], no. What could happen is that it changes its name, adopts another acronym," said the Minister of Defense.
247 - Defense Minister José Múcio argued that the Institutional Security Office should change its name but remain under military command. "To end [the GSI], no. What could happen is a name change, a different acronym. But it's necessary, it's a working tool and a support for the President of the Republic," he stated in Portugal, where he is accompanying President Lula's delegation. "That [the decision about the command] is not up to me, but I think we shouldn't change that now," he continued.
Múcio also defended General Gonçalves Dias, who left his post as head of the GSI. "GDias is a good man, serious, well-intentioned. He is one of the President of the Republic's best friends, a friendship built in times of difficulty, 20 years of friendship," he stated.
The position expressed by the minister displeased left-wing thinkers such as Breno Altman and Gilberto Maringoni. Check it out: