Minister Flávio Dino, from the Supreme Federal Court, decided to reinstate the director-general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, and the intelligence director of the corporation, Leandro Almada, who had been removed by Minister André Mendonça. In the decision, Dino affirmed that the functional or personal disagreements that Mendonça has with the PF cannot be converted into decisions "in self-interest," capable of paralyzing investigations and police work.
Dino criticized the measure taken by Mendonça, classifying it as an interference in the corporation's work. He recalled that another minister of the Court determined the paralysis of intelligence report production by the Federal Police, which he considered an unprecedented measure in the corporation's history. As a consequence, urgent procedures that were under the rapporteur's supervision were harmed.
The two directors were removed in an initially monocratic decision taken by Minister André Mendonça, who is fighting a battle with the police and the minister, as indicated in the text. Dino affirmed that Mendonça can defend his rights before the proper instance, but that this does not justify decisions that harm the functioning of the institution.
