Ministry of Justice asked 78 investigations to the Federal Police, says newspaper

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security, commanded by Flávio Dino, requested the Federal Police to open 78 investigations since the beginning of the year, according to a report in the newspaper. The globe made through the Freedom of Information Act. In the year 2021, in the same period, the management of former President Jair Bolsonaro made 58 requests.

In most cases, the investigations targeted opponents of the Workers’ Party, such as former President Bolsonaro and his allies. One of the cases was the mistaken investigation of the crime of genocide allegedly perpetrated by Bolsonaro against indigenous people. The investigation into the jewelry that the former president received as gifts on trips is also the subject of the requests.

Decisions by the Executive for the Federal Police to open specific investigations and with political connotations harm the independence of the institution, according to analysts. But the folder told the Globe that part of the requests are based on the argument that the chosen themes are interstate or international. The other part would be composed of requests – and not orders, says the folder – to investigate cases of offenses against the honor of public officials.