After the Jan. 8 riots, when major government headquarters were ransacked, he carried out what he called a “reshuffle of responsibilities.” Jorge Messias spoke at an event celebrating the 30th anniversary of his agency in Brasília.
The move grants the attorney-general’s request for action and orders Telegram to block accounts and group chats. The rallies had been slated for today through Telegram.
The task force was convened in September 2019 to work in lawsuits on the defense of environmental public policies of the federal government, IBAMA, and ICMBio.
The figures can be found in a report submitted Tuesday (Jan. 18) to Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski by Brazil’s Attorney-General Bruno Bianco.
The Brazilian government unveiled a new task force to work on motions to enforce environmental policies in the nine Brazilian states of the Amazon Forest. The initiative will last six months and target deforesters and other environmental offenders.