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Glauber will request Mourão's removal from office for inciting a military reaction to the arrest of coup-plotting military officers.

The congressman stated that the senator committed a "very serious illegality."

Glauber Braga (more prominent) and Hamilton Mourão (Photo: Press Release)

247 - Federal deputy Glauber Braga (Psol-RJ) stated this Thursday (8) that he will ask the National Congress to revoke the mandate of Senator Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS) after the general to stimulate a reaction from the military. against the Federal Police (PF) investigations into attempted coups during the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government. 

"Inciting military commanders to react to holding coup plotters accountable is a very serious illegality; it's an attempt to reactivate a coup. Mourão gambled high and will lose. To begin with, he has to lose his Senate seat. I, @samiabomfim, and @fernandapsol are filing a complaint with the Attorney General's Office," the congressman wrote on social media. >>> "If we have to turn the tables, it will be before the elections," Heleno said in a meeting with Bolsonaro.

The coup attempt anticipated the arrest Among those targeted in the operation are Supreme Federal Court (STF) ministers Gilmar Mendes and Alexandre de Moraes, as well as the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG). Augustus Helenus and Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, all generals and former advisors to Jair Bolsonaro. 

Former Army commander Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and former Navy commander Almir Garnier Santos were also targets of search and seizure warrants. There are arrest warrants against Colonels Bernardo Romão Corrêa Netto and Marcelo Costa Câmara; and Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Marins de Oliveira, all active-duty military officers. Jair Bolsonaro is also among the targets of the Federal Police operation this Thursday.. >>> Video of a meeting on July 5, 2022 shows Bolsonaro, the Ministers of Defense and Justice, the GSI (Institutional Security Office), and ABIN (Brazilian Intelligence Agency) plotting a coup.