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Brazil Prosecutor’s Office opens preliminary investigation of Defense Minister for threats to democracy

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian Prosecutor's Office has ordered on Wednesday (29) the opening of a preliminary investigation to determine if the Minister of Defense, Walter Braga Netto, committed a crime of threats against democracy when he asserted that the 2022 presidential elections would not be held if the constitutional proposal for printed ballots did not go ahead.

Last June, the newspaper 'Estadão' published that Braga Netto made it known to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, in the presence also of the Brazilian Armed Forces' highest command, that the 2022 elections would not . . .

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