Statement by Lt. Gen. Praelli on military control of the anti-subversive struggle
FAP Lieutenant General Cesar Enrico Praelli declared that the Armed Forces have consensus to exercise total control of the anti-subversive struggle, but they are waiting for the political order to take action.
FAP Commander General, FAP Lieutenant General Cesar Enrico Praelli, stated in the newspaper Expreso that there is a general consensus among the Armed Forces to exercise total control of the anti-subversive fight. However, he added that the armed forces had not yet fully entered into the fight against subversion. Praelli pointed out that they were waiting for the political order to go into action. This statement came in a context of intensified political violence and debates about the role of the armed forces in the counter-subversive struggle.