Without predicting an end to the blockades, PRF says that 182 assessments have already been made and also arrests

Without foreseeing an end to blockades, the PRF (Federal Highway Police) said that there have already been 182 assessments for obstruction of highways or for organizing blockades and also arrests. However, there were no details of how many people were arrested and in which locations.

In addition, the PRF said that it has already identified the agents who participated in three videos saying that the order would be to only be on site, two videos in Santa Catarina and one in São Paulo.

THE Sheet had access to videos in which federal police say they will not do anything about the blockades. In one of the images recorded in Palhoça (SC), a police officer says that the order is just to be there.

“The only thing I have to say right now is the only order we have is to be here with you, that’s all,” he said in the image.

According to the PRF, the police officers were not removed from their duties, but must answer for administrative proceedings. The information was released at a press conference on Tuesday (1st).

“The PRF does not support illegality and illegal activity or the closing of federal highways. The cases that appeared on the internet have already been identified and the body’s internal affairs department has already established a procedure to investigate these cases”, said Wendel Matos, internal affairs officer. general of the PRF

The PRF did not disclose how long the operation should last so as not to disrupt the strategy. However, he said that days off, administrative services were suspended, in addition to working with the support of the Federal Police, Fire Department, Military Police and the National Public Security Force. There were no details of the staff.

The director general of the PRF, Silvinei Vasques, was scheduled to attend the press conference, but did not go there to meet with the Minister of Justice, Anderson Torres, at the Ministry of Justice.

The PRF’s director of operations, Djairlon Henrique Moura, refuted the accusations about the PRF’s way of acting. “At no time was the PRF passive. At no time was the PRF omitted. The determination of the minister [Anderson Torres] and our managing director [ Silvinei Vasques] it was to act from the first moment. There won’t be any omissions by the PRF, just as there isn’t, she said.

During the press conference, journalists could not speak the questions to the PRF representatives, and the questions had to be written on paper.

Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), including truck drivers, started this Sunday night (30) roadblocks across the country in protest against the result of the elections, which had Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) as the winner in the dispute for the Planalto.

The new episodes involving the PRF occur one day after the institution failed to comply with a decision by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) and made approaches in public transport.

Federal prosecutors in the five regions of the country have already instituted proceedings on the situation of truck drivers and point to the commission, in theory, of the crime against the democratic rule of law.

Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), ordered this Monday (31) that the government immediately adopt “all necessary and sufficient measures” to clear the roads occupied by Bolsonaristas in protest of the election result. The STF formed a majority in favor of the minister’s decision.

The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Anderson Torres, said that he determined the reinforcement of the PRF (Federal Highway Police) to normalize the flow on the highways. The statement was given on social media on Monday night (31).

“Status of road stoppages being monitored minute by minute by the @PRFBrasil and @gov_pf I have just determined a reinforcement of personnel, and means of support, for all possible actions to normalize the flow on the highways, with the brevity that the situation requires”, said the minister.

This Tuesday morning (1st), Torres said that the PRF continues to act on the roads. ” A @PRFBrasil continues to work uninterruptedly to unblock the roads. From 18:00 on 30/10 to 05:30 on 01/11, 192 blocking points have already been eliminated,” he said.

FenaPRF (National Federation of Federal Highway Police) and Federal Highway Police unions from all over Brazil said, in a statement, that the result of the 2022 elections expresses the will of the majority of the population and must be respected.

The federation states that it continues to demand a firm stance from the PRF management so that the corporation fulfills its constitutional functions, guaranteeing the population’s right to come and go and safeguarding the safety and integrity of the police.

“The stance of the current president of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, in keeping silent and not recognizing the result of the polls ends up making it difficult to pacify the country, encouraging a part of his followers to adopt actions of blockades on Brazilian roads”, he said, in a note. .