Commission assesses that the rules prevent military personnel detained on a precautionary basis from being promoted until their detention is revoked
The Army's CPO (Officer Promotions Commission) vetoed Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid from applying for the position of colonel in April. According to an investigation by the CNN Brazilthe ban is due to the preventive detention of the former assistant to Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
The CPO board understood that Cid's arrest violates an article of the LPOAFA (Law on the Promotion of Active Officers of the Armed Forces) which says that military personnel detained on a precautionary basis cannot appear on access tables until the detention is revoked. The results of the promotions should be announced at the end of this month in an internal Army statement.
The CPO gave another reason to veto Cid's promotion. The Army’s internal regulations determine that soldiers are temporarily prevented from accessing promotions.”if you are suspended from carrying out the specific activities of your weapon”, even on a provisional basis.
Mauro Cid was arrested again on March 22, as ordered by STF (Supreme Federal Court) minister Alexandre de Moraes. The arrest took place after the search Look release audio messages in which the military criticized the actions of the minister and the PF. The recording would have been made during a conversation between Cid and an interlocutor at some point after March 11, 2024, when the lieutenant colonel gave a statement to the Federal Police.
According to the STF, Cid failed to comply with precautionary measures agreed in the agreement when making the statements. The soldier will also be charged with the crime of obstruction of justice. He is imprisoned in the Army Police battalion, in Brasília.
The soldier has been free since September 2023, when he signed a plea agreement and gained the right to respond freely to the cases being processed against him.
Following the new arrest, PF investigators began to assess whether the benefits granted to Cid will be maintained. The final decision will be made by the STF.
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