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Brazilian government appeals suspension of Federal Police chief to Supreme Court

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Official statement In the courts
  • Brazil’s government appealed a Supreme Court justice’s decision to suspend Federal Police Director Andrei Rodrigues as a precautionary measure.
  • The government argued that the suspension violated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s authority to appoint the police chief and risked institutional disorganization.
  • The suspension followed allegations that Federal Police officials illegally monitored the justice and other authorities, deepening an internal Supreme Court crisis before October’s presidential elections.

Brazil’s government has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the preventive suspension of Federal Police Director Andrei Rodrigues, arguing that the decision directly interferes with the president’s constitutional authority.

The urgent appeal, filed by the federal solicitor general’s office, said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appoints the Federal Police director. It argued that the “abrupt discontinuity” in the management of the security forces could compromise their operation and create a risk of institutional disorganization.

The appeal was addressed to Supreme Court President Edson Fachin, who faces the task of managing an unprecedented internal crisis at the country’s highest court. The dispute involves the close relationship several justices allegedly maintained with imprisoned banker Daniel Vorcaro, who is accused of involvement in a multibillion-dollar fraud.

The abrupt discontinuity in the management of the security forces compromises their functioning and generates a risk of institutional disorganization.

· Brazil’s federal solicitor general’s officeThe government used the argument in its urgent appeal against the suspension of the Federal Police director.

Justice André Mendonça suspended Rodrigues on Tuesday, saying there were indications that the Federal Police had carried out systematic and illegal monitoring of him and other authorities. The indications emerged in an intelligence report without evidentiary value that Justice Alexandre de Moraes used to request an investigation into Mendonça.

Mendonça had previously declassified another police report detailing messages between de Moraes and Vorcaro, the owner of Banco Master. The Police said Vorcaro sought protection from de Moraes and even asked him in writing, days before his arrest, whether he should leave the country.

The Supreme Court crisis is unfolding less than a month before Brazil’s October presidential elections, while the political right continues to call for de Moraes’s removal and portrays him as close to Lula.

Systematic monitoring

· André MendonçaThe justice cited indications of this alleged illegal monitoring when suspending the Federal Police director.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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