Should the rioters of January 8 in Brasilia have broken the door of the Planalto Presidential Palace before entering and ransacking a large part of the premises? They did not do so and this “oversight” seems in any case to have definitively convinced President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of the responsibilities of the soldiers who were present on the spot and supposed to prevent the intrusion of demonstrators into the premises. “I’m confident the door has been opened for these people,” he said. What seal a little more the loss of confidence of the chief executive with regard to the soldiers. Starting with General Jules César d’Arruda, the now ex-commander of the armies, whom he dismissed on Saturday January 21.
