Renan Santos: And when I say war, for the first time in Brazil, people will see what it is for a leader to confront crime and how it must be confronted.
Renan Santos: I will set up a coordination committee of state governors, also using the Federal Police, a committee that includes the state police forces, I will use COAF, I will use all instruments at the government's disposal, including ABIN, to carry out a border policy with the federal government, and I will coordinate the actions so we can destroy all the factions in the country.
If that is 'militarizing'... That may be the term, but there is no transformation of Brazil into a military republic.
Renan Santos: Moreover, when I speak of using, for example, state of defense and guarantee of law and order, so those watching can understand, it's basically having a special statute so that when you face crime in a region, the military, especially the police, have more means of action; this will be done regionally, not at the national level.
Renan Santos: So I will, for example, put a favela that is taken over by crime in a state of defense so the police can go in there and defeat the crime — an entire city — but not...