A group of 20 MEPs from the Patriots for Europe group arrived in Brasília on Monday afternoon (16), for a series of meetings that will continue until Thursday (19). They left Brussels, Belgium, where the European Parliament has one of its headquarters. During the program Sem Rodeos, from People’s Gazettejournalist Oswaldo Eustáquio revealed that Brazilian parliamentarians will deliver a report on the situation of those arrested for the acts of January 8
The right accuses Federal Supreme Court (STF) minister Alexandre de Moraes of not acting in the face of human rights violations both in relation to those arrested in Praça dos Três Poderes and in relation to former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and his allies, especially former advisor Filipe Martins.
On Tuesday (17), a meeting is scheduled with the senator and pre-candidate for President, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ). On the same day, MEPs will go to the National Congress and participate in a meeting at the Public Security and Combating Organized Crime Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. Still on Tuesday, they have an agenda with the president of the House, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB).
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The agenda in the Chamber also includes a meeting of the Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee. After the meeting with the PL, the group will go for lunch with the party’s president, Valdemar Costa Neto, at a steakhouse in the Asa Sul region.
Despite the agenda focused on the Chamber, there will be participation in a session of the Federal Senate, at the invitation of Senator Eduardo Girão (Novo-CE).
Flávio started his pre-campaign focused on international relations. His first engagements included trips to Israel, Bahrain, France and the United States. The eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) has promised to reestablish ties with countries that moved away from Brazil after the election of president Lula (PT). In Israel, he went so far as to call the PT member an anti-Semite and call Lula an anti-Semite.
