The director general of, Andrei Rodrigues, said on Monday (31) recognizing the portion of responsibility of the corporation during the military dictatorship (1964-1985), but that the agency became a state institution, defender of fundamental rights.
“The Federal Police cannot dodge their share of responsibility in this process and recognize the role they played as the Union police, supporting the years of political repression,” said the director general.
“But over the last decades, though not unhappy, the PF has traveled a path of transformation, consolidating itself as a legitimate institution of the state, aware of its constitutional mission, in the defense of society and democracy.”
The statement was given before the screening of the movie “” Best International Film in 2025, during the celebration of the corporation’s 81 years.
Under Andrei’s command, the PF has been a frequent target of the opposition, which accuses it with political operations. The proximity of the director general with President Lula (PT) is also a source of criticism by the opponents of the Planalto Palace.
In some situations, according to Sheetthe head of the corporation anticipates legal assessments on works without completion, saying it is already certain that there is evidence or pointing crimes in inquiries that are still underway.
The film was opened to PF servers and collaborators. The institution had a birthday on Friday (28), but the film was screened on the same date of the 61 years of the 1964 military coup.
The feature tells the story of, woman do in 1971. Lula has made references to the film in his speeches.
In his intervention, Andrei spoke in the duty to continue to seek institutional strengthening, “which allows us to act with responsibility and independence, and exempt from all kinds of external interference, guided by strict compliance with the law and the principles of the Democratic Rule of Law. Celebrating the 81 years of PF with the display of this film is very representative for us.”
Throughout the third government (), the PF has also accumulated, as an army, GSI (Institutional Security Office) and (Brazilian Intelligence Agency), in addition to the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police.
Investigations of members of other bodies, attempted to extend powers and dispute for space near the agent are some of the reasons that put the PF on a collision route with other corporations with which the corporation often needs to work together.
With and the military, for example, the Rusgas emerged for the fight to decide who would be responsible for doing the personal security of Lula and the First Lady, Rosângela Lula da Silva, a.
At the beginning of the government, the petista signed a six -month decree to create the Extraordinary Secretariat of Immediate Security of the President of the Republic, which passed to the PF the task of much of the presidential protection. Although from the beginning it was expected that the format would only last the first semester, the police summit tried to extend the measure.
Andrei made the security of Lula in the 2022 elections, held high -ranking positions in the management of (PT) and is a trusted person of the chief executive. His influence, however, was not enough and the coordination of Lula’s protection returned to the GSI.
In the management of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the PF and saw its image scratched on suspicions of political interference.
Sequence crises and command exchanges, as shown by SheetThey exposed internal cracks and weakened the agency to the point that political issues interfere with the appointment of delegates to leadership positions.
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