Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) and the Prosecutor General's Office (PGR) are requesting action against coup attempts planned for this Wednesday.
Requests to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) include protection for public buildings, prevention of blockades of urban roads and highways, as well as the temporary restriction of the right to demonstrate.
Agency Brazil - The Attorney General's Office (AGU) and the Attorney General's Office filed requests with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) for security measures to be imposed to protect public buildings and prevent the blocking of urban roads and highways. The measures were requested in light of knowledge of coup-mongering demonstrations scheduled for today (11) by extremist groups.
The requests are signed by the Attorney General of the Union, Jorge Messias, and by the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, Carlos Frederico Santos, coordinator of the Criminal Chamber of the Federal Public Ministry. Both attached pamphlets and messages that report a “mega demonstration” of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro called for this Wednesday (11), at 18 pm, in all capitals of the country, with the declared objective of “retaking power in the country”.
The call is also circulating in groups on the Telegram messaging app. In the petition, the AGU attached the names of people and groups identified as spreading the coup call. The agency warned that the country “is on the verge of a serious situation”, similar to that observed last Sunday (8), when radicals invaded and widely vandalized the National Congress, the Planalto Palace and the headquarters of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), public buildings located in Praça dos Três Poderes, in Brasília.
"What can be seen from the post above is a new attempt to threaten the Democratic Rule of Law, which must be safeguarded and protected, thus avoiding the abuse of the right to assembly, used as an illegal and unconstitutional cover for acts that are truly detrimental to the Democratic Rule of Law," wrote the Attorney General of the Union.
Right to demonstrate
Jorge Messias sent the request to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is the rapporteur for a lawsuit alleging violation of a fundamental precept (ADPF) regarding the blocking of roads during truck driver protests, filed in 2018. The Attorney General's Office argued that the request deals with the same issue: the abuse of the right to protest.
He requested the temporary restriction of the right to protest, prohibiting the blocking of traffic on urban roads and highways across the country and preventing radicals from accessing public buildings, under penalty of a fine of R$ 20 per hour for non-compliance by an individual, and R$ 100 for any legal entity involved.
The Attorney General's Office (AGU) also requested that federal and state executives, especially security forces, be notified to prevent any road blockades or invasions of public buildings nationwide. The agency further requested the immediate arrest of anyone who violates any eventual Supreme Court decision.
Scam accounts
Another request from the agency was for Telegram to be compelled to block the accounts and groups listed by the Attorney General's Office as propagating the coup attempt.
The Attorney General's Office also requested that the competent authorities be notified, as well as that the Federal Highway Police (PRF) and the military police proceed with the identification and blocking of all vehicles used in anti-democratic acts.
The Attorney General's Office also requested the deployment of the National Force and that "intelligence agencies and the Federal Police conduct investigations and monitor any potential demonstrations, taking appropriate investigative measures."
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