“It was just what was missing”, says Bolsonaro after PF director responds about immunity
The former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) criticized the director general of the Federal Police (PF), Andrei Rodrigues, after he stated that there is no “absolute immunity” for parliamentarians, in response to the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL)last Wednesday (4).
The criticism came in the form of a publication on the social network from the Chamber of Deputies what parliamentary immunity is, what freedom of expression is and what deputies can or cannot say in the gallery,” said Bolsonaro.
Without directly mentioning Andrei Rodrigues’ name, Bolsonaro stated that the head of the PF is “meddling in internal issues within the Legislature” and “affronting” “the free speech of the people’s representatives”.
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The “mea culpa” of the head of the São Paulo Executive comes days after the broadcast of a video that shows a military police officer throwing a man off a bridge, in the south zone of the capital of São Paulo
Afterwards, the former president showed solidarity with Arthur Lira and the deputies Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP)your son, Marcel van Hattem (Novo-RS) and Cape Gilberto (PL-PB).
At the end of November, Marcel van Hattem and Corporal Gilberto Silva were indicted by the PF after attacking delegate Fábio Schor in speeches in the Chamber of Deputies. The police officer worked in the investigations that indicted Bolsonaro, as well as military personnel and opposition politicians.
After the indictments, the president of the Chamber defended the deputies and said that the House would go “to the utmost limits” so that “anyone who infringes on the capacity of parliamentarians will be held accountable for abuse of authority”.
On the same occasion that he said there was no absolute immunity, the head of the PF said that criticism from the President of the Chamber will not affect investigations against deputies. “Disturb, zero. We will not deviate one millimeter from what we are guided by, which is the Constitution and the laws. This is what guides all of our investigations and gives us the ability to respond to the criminal justice system,” stated Rodrigues.
(With Estadão Content)
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