Brazilian Federal Police will hear testimony this Sunday from GSI (Institutional Security Office) officers filmed at the Presidential Palace on January 8th.

247 - The Federal Police (PF) will interrogate this Sunday (23) the employees of the Institutional Security Office (GSI) who were present at the Planalto Palace on January 8, reports the State St. PaulThe decision came from Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), as part of the investigation into the involvement of authorities in the coup attempts in the Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Square).

In an order issued on Friday (21), Moraes demanded that the Federal Police hear all GSI employees identified in the images from the Planalto security cameras within 48 hours.

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On Friday, the Federal Police questioned the former head of the GSI (Institutional Security Office), retired General Gonçalves Dias, who denied any involvement with the radicals. He stated that he was dealing with a "management crisis" and that he did not have the necessary resources to arrest the vandals alone. According to him, there was a "blackout" in the intelligence system that resulted in a lack of crucial information for decision-making.

Dias resigned after images released by CNN showed him directing the radicals to the exit on the third floor of the building. He explained that, following protocol, they would be arrested when they reached the second floor.

Moraes also ordered the GSI to lift the secrecy surrounding the security camera footage from the Planalto Palace on January 8th. The images were delivered to the STF along with an internal investigation opened to examine the conduct of the employees.

Ricardo Cappelli, executive secretary of the Ministry of Justice, has assumed full command of the Institutional Security Office.