Lula to Recreate Commission of Political Deaths and Disappearances Dissolved by Bolsonaro

[Judi Lynn]

President had been pressured by families of victims of the military dictatorship

Jul.4.2024 9:22AM

Marianna Holanda
Renato Machado

BRASÍLIA
President Lula will recreate the Special Commission on the Dead and Disappeared, dissolved at the end of 2022, in the final days of Jair Bolsonaro's government.

This was a campaign promise of the PT (Workers' Party) leader, who had been pressured by families of victims of the military dictatorship (1964-1985) since he took office for his third term.

Lula's decision will be published in the Official Gazette of the Union this Thursday (4th).



Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on during the exhibition of the first school buses of the "caminho da escola" program in front of the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado - Adriano Machado/REUTERS

There will be three actions: a dispatch reversing Bolsonaro's previous act, which ended the commission, another dismissing the members appointed by the previous administration, and a final one appointing the new members.

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