Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has yielded to growing criticism around his nomination of a new federal police chief seen as too close to his family.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yielded Wednesday to growing criticism around his nomination of a new federal police chief seen as too close to his family, revoking the controversial appointment just hours after it was temporarily suspended by the Supreme Court.midst of a health crisis
, and the nomination of Alexandre Ramagem, who has been photographed with Bolsonaro’s sons, had prompted concern that Bolsonaro would give his family preferential treatment. At least one of the president’s sons is reportedly under investigation. The ouster of the former police chief had led to the resignation of Bolsonaro’s highly popular justice minister, Sérgio Moro, who alleged political interference, pitching the administration into political turmoil.
Moro, when resigning on April 24, said Bolsonaro had told him on multiple occasions that he wanted to replace the head of the federal police with someone who could facilitate access to investigations and intelligence reports.In his decision, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes wrote that “the Federal Police is not an intelligence agency for the presidency.”
Bolsonaro announced his decision to revoke the appointment Wednesday in the official gazette. But later that day, he suggested he was not totally abandoning the idea: “I am sure that this dream of mine ... will soon come true, for the sake of our Federal Police and of Brazil.”
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