'Progress in Federal Police investigations' indicates the existence of a 'parallel agency' during Ramagem's tenure, says the new number two at ABIN (Brazilian Intelligence Agency).
"We have to wait for the end of the investigation process to verify not only if it happened, but who was there," said the new deputy director of ABIN, Marco Cepik.
247 - The new deputy director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Marco Cepik, stated that the progress of the Federal Police (PF) investigations into the illegal scheme of monitoring opponents and critics of opponents of the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government by the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) points to the existence of a "Parallel Abin" during the period when Alexandre Ramagem was in charge of the agency.
“The lifting of the secrecy surrounding the decision by Minister Alexandre de Moraes [Minister of the Supreme Federal Court] and also the statements from the leadership of the Federal Police lead us to believe that the progress of the investigations points to this (parallel intelligence agency). We have to wait for the end of the investigative process to verify not only if it happened, but who was involved,” said Cepik, according to the newspaper. The Globe.
The statement was made amid changes in the leadership of Abin, with the appointment of Marco Cepik to replace Alessandro Moretti, dismissed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) this Tuesday (30). The decision was motivated by suspicions raised by the Federal Police, which alleges that Moretti had held a meeting with those under investigation, stating that the procedure had a "political background and would pass".
The Federal Police investigations are looking into an alleged illegal espionage scheme carried out by the agency during the Jair Bolsonaro administration (PL, when the agency was headed by Alexandre Ramagem, now a federal deputy for the PL).