senator Omar Aziz | (PSD-AM), president of Covid CPI, declined to comment. “The decision of the army is internal and administrative. It is not my business to evaluate, just as no army authority can evaluate decisions within the Senate. This should be a democratic state: with autonomy and balance between the institutions that make it up,” the note says.

senator Renan Calleiros (MDB-AL), the Covid CPI spokesperson for the Federal Senate, tweeted that army commanders “will not surrender in the war for democracy” and that he hopes the corporation’s decision not to punish General Eduardo Pasuello will not “surrender to the enemy.”

“This is a tactical move to save energy for the final battle against coups and the enemies of the Constitution,” Calheiros wrote. “There is a big difference between the cunning moves of war: retreat and surrender, that is, surrender to the enemy. I want to believe that the decision of the army command is a movement to retreat, to retreat, and not to surrender, ”he said. said.

Former Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Rodrigo Maya (DEM-RJ) said on Twitter that it was “time to discuss” the proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) that would prohibit active military personnel from holding civilian positions in the public administration.

The author of the PEC is a deputy. Perpetual Almeida (PCdoB-AC). “The feeling that no one else knows where the government ends and the army begins is the worst thing that can happen to this institution and other military forces,” she also said on Twitter.

PEC filing requires 171 signatures. “I’ve already signed my endorsement,” concluded Maya on the social network.

“The Army has not decided to press charges against Pasuello. The army decided that now the military can participate in political demonstrations as they see fit. This will not benefit an institution that is respected by the Brazilian people, ”wrote Vice President of the Chamber, MP Marcelo Ramos (PL-AM).

Deputy head of government in the chamber, deputy Louis Lima (PSL-RJ) believes the army was right to pursue a case in which Pazuello was targeted. “I was present at the aforementioned act. This was a natural occurrence. I have noticed that many people praise General Pasuello in a public place as an ordinary citizen. Then, at a certain point, it was obvious. So I think the army was right because it was not subject to punishment. ”

Leader of the opposition in the Senate, Jean Paul Prates (PT-RN) stated that in practice the army, by its decision, stopped the participation of active soldiers in political acts. “He freed the general! With this laconic excuse, it’s clear that the ban on active soldiers from participating in political demonstrations is over. How many of you would offend the rules based on the ‘jurisprudence’ discovered by Pazuello? ”Jean Paul asked.

deputy Marcelo Freixo (Psol-RJ) says it is “very serious for the army not to punish Pasuello.” << It is very serious for the army not to punish Pasuello by violating its own statute and the Military Penal Code. The military, which is supposed to act as state institutions, is demoralized in the face of Bolsonaro's transgressions and encourages troops to violate discipline. ... "

Already a deputy Alessandro Molon (PSB-RJ) says the army is making a mistake and leaving room for other “acts of disrespect for the rules.” “By choosing not to punish Pasuello, the army is making the mistake of leaving room for other acts of disrespect for its rules, jeopardizing its foundations, hierarchy and discipline. The army is a government agency, not a government agency, ”he said. He wrote.