The director general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, said this Wednesday (4) that the legislation does not grant absolute immunity to parliamentarians, and that criticism coming from political authorities regarding possible investigations against members of the Legislature will not put compliance at risk. of the missions assigned to the PF.
The statement was made during breakfast with journalists, after the director general was asked about the reactions of political authorities to the operations and investigations against parliamentarians.
“These reactions do not hinder our work in any way. We work based on the Constitution”, said the director, remembering that it is not the PF that opens investigations. “It’s the Supreme Court,” he said.
General Director of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, during a press conference on the investigation into the bomb attacks that occurred near the Federal Supreme Court – Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil
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Recently, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), criticized the indictment of deputies Cabo Gilberto Silva (PL-PB) and Marcel Van Hattem (Novo), for slander and defamation against delegate Fábio Shor, responsible for the indictment of former president Jair Bolsonaro for attempted coup d’état.
Last week, Lira said that “the fundamental right to debate and criticism in the gallery cannot be curtailed, through threats of judicial or police persecution. Parliament is not and cannot be the target of external interference that would impede the free exercise of its mandate”, argued the President of the Chamber amid expressions of concern about the indictment of parliamentarians.
Stating that he has a lot of respect for parliament, Andrei Rodrigues said that he considers it “very important” to separate parliamentarians’ prerogatives and freedom of expression from what is a crime; and that parliamentary immunity does not give parliamentarians the right to commit crimes.
“Not even the right to life is absolute. This is the case of self-defense, for example. There is no absolute right for anyone. And parliamentary immunity is not an absolute right”, he added.
