Government removes head of the National Library and raises accusation of paralysis – 01/20/2023 – Panel

The government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) has in recent days promoted the removal of positions of trust in the National Library Foundation (FBN), including positions of lesser expression.

Six civil servants from different areas of the institution, linked to the recreated Ministry of Culture, were exonerated in sequence.

Among them are the former president, Luiz Carlos Ramiro, the executive director, João Carlos Nara Jr, the chief of staff of the presidency, Fernando Antonio de Souza Ferreira Jr., the general coordinator of the Center for Research and Publishing, Elton Gomes dos Reis, and the general coordinator of the Center for Cooperation and Dissemination, João Cabecinho.

The chief prosecutor of the FBN, Daniel Almeida de Oliveira, was removed, even though he was a servant linked to the Advocacy-General of the Union. Because it is a career, he should be reallocated to another function in the government. There was also cancellation of outsourced server contracts.

Conservative and admirer of the philosopher Olavo de Carvalho, Ramiro was dismissed due to the ideological filter that has been used by the new government for the second echelon. The other dismissals drew attention because they were lower-ranking servants.

According to reports obtained by the Panel, the administrative vacuum has generated problems in serving the public.

In the Lula government, the presidency of the institution will be with the writer Marco Lucchesi, who has not yet been sworn in.

In a note, the interim president of the FBN, Suely Dias, stated that “the vacancy of positions is part of the transition phase for the arrival of the new presidency of the FBN, when it will establish its governing body. It is part of the republican routine”.

The Library, she says, is functioning normally, with its technical staff in full operation. According to Dias, the institution is open to the public, with around 3,000 daily visits.

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