Following the Minister of Defense, the leaders of the three corps, the Air Force, the Navy and the Brazilian Army, were replaced yesterday, amid the health crisis and while President Zaich Bolsonaro is under strong political pressure.
«For the first time in history, the leaders of the three bodies all submit their resignations together, disagreeing with the president“, Writes the Folha newspaper of Sao Paulo.
The Ministry of Defense did not specify the reasons for the resignation of the three high-ranking military officials, which was announced after a meeting in Brasilia, in the presence of new Minister Walter Braga Neto and his predecessor, Fernando Azevendo e Silva. However, according to local media, the sudden resignation of the Minister was not considered a positive development by the leaders of the three Houses., General Enson Puzol (Army), Admiral Ilkes Barbosa (Navy) and Brigadier General Antonio Carlos Bermundes.
In a laconic statement yesterday, Azevedo e Silva said he was “loyal” to President Bolsonaro and at the same time stressed the importance of “preserving the army as an institution of the state”. Chronograph Merval Pereira of the Globo newspaper, however, recalled that the resigned minister disagreed “when Bolsonaro used the army for political purposes”.
Zaich Bolsonaru, a former captain himself, is very popular among junior army officers.
Most analysts say the government reshuffle (which also replaced the justice and foreign ministers) was intended to strengthen the president’s control over the armed forces. Nearly a third of ministers and many high-ranking officials are in the military. However Vice President Hamilton Muarro, who is also a general, assured that there is no risk of “institutional rupture”.
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