Moraes, from the STF, orders the PRF to inform within 48 hours effective on the highways since October 28

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Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court, ordered this Friday (4) that the Federal Highway Police report within 48 hours the number of police officers on the roads since October 28, the day before the second round of elections.

The information must be presented by state and contain data on possible recruitments carried out for voting day, Sunday (30), “there must be details of the origin of the police officers, as well as where they were sent on mission”, according to Moraes.

The order was given in the records of a lawsuit filed by the National Transport Confederation, the same one that motivated, on the night of Monday (31), the minister’s decision for the PRF to act effectively in facing the coup protests on the country’s highways. .

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) started the protests on Sunday night (30), shortly after the announcement of the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) at the polls. The demonstrations intensified the following day and more than 400 blockade points were recorded.

Videos that circulated on social media showed road police just monitoring the protests and some in friendly conversations with the protesters.

THE Sheet showed that the number of federal highway police officers who worked on the country’s roads last Monday was similar to that of other Mondays in October.

2,310 agents were on the scale of the day after the second round of elections. On three other Mondays of the month (3, 10 and 24), the Federal Highway Police (PRF) numbered 2,018, 2,271 and 2,333 agents, respectively. Therefore, there was no immediate reinforcement to respond to the emergency situation.

The police increased the number only on Tuesday (1st), reaching 3,327 agents, after a determination by the president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), Minister Alexandre de Moraes. The data includes all police officers who, in the 24 hours of the date, worked on the highways.

When contacted, the PRF stated that it cannot provide data on the number of police officers “because of the legal duty to keep confidential information that may harm the organic security of the institution and its servers”.

He also said that “it has been working tirelessly to restore the flow on federal highways with a 400% increase in its workforce”.

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