The Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, made official on Thursday the replacement of 26 of the 27 regional heads of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) and the dismissal of 18 chiefs of the Federal Police (PF), a decision that was not motivated by the attacks of January 8, but was already addressed in the transition stage of the new government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The only PRF regional superintendent to remain in office is that of Piauí, while in the PF it is those of Rio Grande do Norte, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, Goiás, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Paraíba, Alagoas, Sao Paulo, Paraná, Pará, Amazonas and Minas Gerais, who are leaving.
The new PF superintendent in Rio de Janeiro is Leandro Almada, known for leading an investigation that revealed obstacles in the clarification of the murder of councilwoman Marielle Franco and the person who was traveling with him, Anderson Gomes, according to several Brazilian media.
Together with these changes in the Police, Lula’s government has also been making changes in the security cabinets in charge of guarding the installations of the Planato Palace, seat of the Presidency, and the Alvorada Palace, the official residence, on this occasion due to the distrust in the high military commanders after the coup attacks of January 8.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
