The Palácio do Planalto, oea maintained this Thursday (5) silence about the reasons that led the director general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, which he granted at the body’s headquarters, in Brasília, on Wednesday morning (4 ).
The authorities were questioned about what legal basis would have been used in adopting the measure, taking into account, among others, the constitutional principles of impersonality and transparency in public administration.
None sent a response until the publication of this report.
The Minister of Justice of () is , who for 17 years was minister of the Federal Supreme Court, the highest body of Brazilian Justice and responsible for guarding the Constitution. The PF is subordinate to the department.
On Wednesday, the ministry’s press office informed that questions about the case should be sent to the PF’s institutional email.
As there was no response from either the PF or Andrei, who was questioned personally by the Sheet at an event, and said he would not speak, the report reiterated this Thursday the questions directed at Lewandowski.
Among them, what assessment he makes of public bodies or agents vetoing press vehicles using unknown criteria.
Similar questions were sent to Palácio do Planalto, in addition to the question whether it agrees with the stance of the Minister of Justice and the director general of the PF of refusing to give explanations about the episode.
The report also contacted the PF again this Thursday, adding to the previous questions whether the institution’s general director considers it appropriate, given the position he holds and, in particular, the constitutional principles of impersonality, transparency and morality in public administration, select press organizations based on criteria and conveniences in relation to which they refuse to provide explanations.
Around 30 journalists from various press vehicles participated in the press conference promoted by Andrei Rodrigues and three other PF directors, with the sole exception of Sheet in relation to the main communication vehicles in the country.
The report obtained the entire recording of the interview that lasted more than two hours. After using more than 30 minutes to exalt what he considers the achievements of his administration and the PF, Andrei was questioned by some journalists about (PL) — which, although he pointed out the former president’s strong link with the facts discovered, also makes categorical statements based on partial evidence for now.
The director general of the PF defended the investigation, saying that it was closed on time, but that new elements could be added depending on ongoing steps or upon request from the Attorney General’s Office or the Supreme Court.
This Thursday, ANJ (National Association of Newspapers), Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism), Fenaj (National Federation of Journalists), ABI (Brazilian Press Association) and the Union of Professional Journalists in the State of São Paulo , listing, among other points, freedom of the press and the necessary stance of impersonality in public affairs.
entered the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Federal District with criminal reports and reports of improbity against Andrei requesting an investigation “in the criminal sphere of a possible crime of malfeasance and in the civil sphere of a possible violation of the constitutional principle of impersonality.”
“The Federal Constitution determines that public administration, at all levels, must act impartially, without favoritism or undue discrimination. This principle prohibits any conduct that favors or harms certain individuals or groups in an arbitrary manner”, says the piece.
Still on Wednesday, Bolsonaro, despite repeated attacks made against journalists in his government, published on social media that he was an “intransigent defender of press freedom” and said that “even though he disagrees with the editorial line of the Sheet and criticizing some of its reports”, never prevented any vehicle from carrying out its work.
