Renan Santos: I intend to declare a war on organized crime.
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.
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.
Renan Santos: 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.