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Federal police delegates’ association calls Andrei’s removal a procedural “overrun” and defends PF autonomy

From Estadão · () Portuguese

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  • Brazil’s Federal Police delegates’ association says Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça violated procedural rules when he removed the agency’s director-general and intelligence director.
  • The association calls for constitutional autonomy for the Federal Police, including administrative, financial and functional independence.
  • It says the removals lacked a formally opened inquiry or disciplinary proceeding and should have been decided by the full Supreme Court.

Brazil’s Federal Police delegates’ association has accused Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça of an “overrun of procedural rules” in removing Federal Police Director-General Andrei Rodrigues and Intelligence Director Leandro Almada da Costa.

overrun of procedural rules

· National Association of Federal Police DelegatesThe association’s description of the process used to remove the two Federal Police officials.

In a statement released to the press on Tuesday, the National Association of Federal Police Delegates described the situation as a “serious institutional crisis.” It said the lasting solution would be a constitutional amendment granting the Federal Police administrative, financial and functional autonomy.

Under the association’s proposal, the director-general would serve a fixed term and be chosen by the president from a three-name list elected by Federal Police delegates. The arrangement would resemble the system used by Brazil’s public prosecution service and public defender’s office.

serious institutional crisis

· National Association of Federal Police DelegatesThe association’s assessment of the broader dispute.

The association said the country could not remain “immersed” in repeated crises that place the Federal Police at the center of disputes unrelated to its mission. It argued that the legal provision cited by Mendonça requires an investigation or criminal case to have already been opened against the people removed. The Federal Police disciplinary rules, it added, require an administrative disciplinary proceeding. Neither procedure, the association said, had formally begun when the removals were ordered.

immersed in successive crises that place the Federal Police at the center of disputes unrelated to its mission

· National Association of Federal Police DelegatesThe group argued for structural independence from political disputes.

The group also argued that the full Supreme Court, rather than a single justice, should have decided the matter, even if the Second Panel later endorsed it. That approach, it said, would protect the court’s authority and reduce the risk that the acts could later be declared void, affecting investigations and the institution itself. The National Association of Federal Criminal Experts likewise called for the case to go to the full court with the same urgency as the original decision.

Circumstances of this nature require serenity from all actors, respect for procedural rules and confidence that the facts will be clarified through constitutional channels, without prejudging the matter or publicly exposing police officials who are carrying out their duties under the law

· National Association of Federal Police DelegatesThe association urged restraint while the case proceeds.
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