Brazil's Congress opened an inquiry into the Jan. 8 storming of key government buildings in the capital by violent demonstrators who denied the electoral victory of the recently inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
In a joint session of its two chambers, the parties began selecting the 16 senators and 16 representatives who will sit on the committee, with opposition parties and the government's allies battling to appoint its chair and rapporteur.
The government fears the inquiry will be a political side-show, firing up supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro and distracting from Lula's proposed tax reform and budget rules meant to keep a lid on public debt and boost social programs to address inequality, government allies said. "We want to chair the committee. Our party wants to know why the government did not deploy police on the streets," said a spokesman for the PL, Bolsonaro's party and the largest in Congress.
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