Brazil’s new Federal Police (PF) director, Andrei Rodrigues, assured this Tuesday that he will not tolerate anti-democracy actions and that he will act “firmly” to sanction Sunday’s attacks on the headquarters of the three government departments . .
Rodrigues, who took over as head of Brazil’s main police force with national jurisdiction on Tuesday, was the head of Lula da Silva’s security team during the presidential campaign that brought the progressive leader to power in Brazil for a third time.
The official took charge of one of the South American giant’s main security establishments two days after radical supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who did not accept the results of the presidential election, seized the Planalto Palace, Congress and the Supreme Federal Court (STF). ), headquarters of the three powers, in Brasília.
“Those who committed crimes or failed to act when they should have acted will be held accountable. The federal police, within the limits of their responsibilities, will not tolerate attacks on democracy,” the PF’s new director said at the inauguration ceremony.
For Rodrigues, the acts that took place on Sunday are the result of “hate words” that turned into “tangible actions” that endangered the democratic rule of law.
In his speech, the PF director also said that “interference” that tries to steer police actions will not be allowed and said one of his major challenges will be to fight fake news.
“This particular problem, the spread of false lies in the digital world, is a particular challenge for us. Not only because it falls within the scope of the legal powers of the Federal Police, but also because in recent events it is very harmful turned out,” he said.
Rodrigues joined the Federal Police in 2002 and is remembered as the chief of security during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
The officer was in charge of police stations in the states of Amazonas and Rio Grande do Sul and was head of security for former President Dilma Rousseff’s 2010 campaign.
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro raided and vandalized the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court, Congress and the Planalto Palace in Brasília on Sunday, leading police to intervene to restore order and condemn the international community.
The Marechaussee succeeded in regaining control of the headquarters of the three powers, in an operation that resulted in approximately 1,500 arrests.
The invasion began after militants from Brazil’s far right, supporters of the former president, who was defeated by Lula da Silva in last October’s election, called a protest at the Esplanada dos Ministérios.
However, Federal Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes impeached Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha for 90 days as both the governor and Bolsonaro’s former security minister and former justice minister Anderson Torres acted with negligence and omission.
Source: DN
