of the government (), he said he was the target of political intrigue to wear it out and that, head of the racial equality portfolio, “he was lost in a character” when he accused him of sexual harassment.
Silvio Almeida was after being the target of dismisses of harassment and – made up of the organization Me Too Brasil. Anielle said she was one of the victims.
“I think she [Anielle] It fell into a trap, the lack of understanding of how politics works-the trap in which I fell too, “said the former minister published on Monday (24).
“I didn’t pay attention to things you should have paid more attention. She, in the same way. She got lost in a character. To try to wear out, she participated in this spread of gossip and intrigues about me.”
According to the former minister, “there are expert people, inside and outside the government, to create intrigue and leak for the press.” “Both I and Anielle Franco were entangled in this filth,” he said.
Two inquiries were opened to investigate the case, one and at the request of the PF. The investigation, which has Minister André Mendonça as rapporteur, is under secret.
Silvio Almeida will give testimony this Tuesday (25), at the headquarters of in Brasilia.
A week ago, the former minister in which he said he would resume his public activities. “I’m alive, I’m still outraged and I don’t want compassion or ‘second chance’. I want justice.”
UOL he said he needed a time in silence to understand what was going on. He also cited a climate of hostility after the accusations and how his defense was read as a form of disrespect for the alleged victims.
“It was an experience of much suffering. First comes sadness, then indignation. I’m outraged. All people who are referring to me that way will be responsible.”
The former minister denied having made undue comments to Anielle and spent her hand on her legs in a ministerial meeting of what she is accused. He said that at that time there was a tense encounter and that divergences arose between what the two proposed.
He reported a conversation with advisers about how difficult it was to work with the Ministry of Racial Equality and Anielle, that she was disrespectful to him and pretended to have an intimacy she never had.
“I started giving opinions and, at some point, she takes my arm and speaks more or less: ‘everywhere you want to teach. Here is no place to teach.”
He also denied other alleged cases of harassment at the university that came to light.
“I teach 20 years ago. I had approximately 40,000 students. Half that are women. In all the universities I passed, this is said officially, I never had any kind of accusation.”
“I don’t know [por que essas mulheres mentiriam]. I have no way to be in their heads. What I can say is that I didn’t do that. I don’t know why people lie. And whoever lies has responsibility. “
He said that Silvio Almeida’s “inadequate approaches” were climbing to physical bare.
The minister also told Veja magazine that there was “inconvenient attitudes” by him, such as inappropriate touches and impertinent invitations, but that she did not report the episodes for “fear of discredit and judgments”, as well as the feeling that it was the fault of Victim, not from the aggressor.
“It is important to make it clear that what happened was a crime of sexual harassment. I was the victim of sexual harassment. We need to reinforce this to prevent women from continuing to be victims of this kind of aggression,” he said.
In October 2024, the Lula government confirmed it also received against Silvio Almeida, sent to the Public Ethics Commission of the Presidency of the Republic, but said it would not disclose further details because the procedures are under confidentiality.
