Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (non-party-AP) defended the use of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane by the Minister of Racial Equality, Anielle Franco, to sign a protocol to combat racism in sport during the match between Sao Paulo and Flamengo in the final of the Copa do Brasil in the capital Sao Paulo. In March 2020, during the government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the parliamentarian considered the “unbridled use of planes by the authorities to be a mockery”.
Anielle went from Brasilia to Sao Paulo on Sunday 24th, for the government meeting which took place at the Morumbi Stadium, the scene of the second match of the final. A Flamengo fan, the minister attended the match together with the councillors, who were also traveling on the plane.
In the means of social communication, Randolfe said the minister used the plane to work “and not to transport illicit substances.” “I made the L for this very reason… So that the news is that a Minister of State used a FAB plane to work, and not to transport illicit substances,” she wrote.
The minister went to the stadium to sign a protocol from the federal government in collaboration with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). The use of the FAB plane drew criticism from opposition MPs.
During the Bolsonaro government, Randolfe criticized the use of FAB planes by members of the government and suggested that the use of the planes be limited to “everyone.”
“The unbridled use of FAB planes by the authorities is a mockery! It doesn’t matter if you are the president, if you are a minister, if you are president of the Senate or of the House. Public money must be respected and is not enough” to limit for some you have to cut for everyone!”, published at the time.
OR Estadao He contacted the senator, who did not respond until this text was published.
The use of FAB aircraft is regulated by a presidential decree and provides for an order of priority: first, in case of health emergencies; second, when there are security reasons; finally, business trips.
In a note dated Monday 25th, the Ministry of Racial Equality specified that “the final of the Copa do Brasil was chosen to carry out the advertising action due to the high number of people present in the stadium and the large audience, typical of a final championship, regardless of which clubs competed in it”. “The FAB flight was used for an institutional mission, as is customary when traveling to ministerial and government actions and as a public expense saving measure for transport teams,” he added.
During the trip, the department’s advisors mocked the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and taunted São Paulo fans. Following the repercussions of the case, Marcelle Decothé da Silva was dismissed from her position as special advisor for strategic issues at the Ministry this Tuesday 26th.
Again in a statement, the ministry specifies that “the public statements made by the public official on his networks are in clear disagreement with the policies and objectives of the ministry” and that Decothé’s dismissal served to “prevent attitudes that are not in line with this purpose interfere with the fulfillment of our institutional mission”.
Source: Terra
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