Dino rules out increased police presence outside Brasília airport for Bolsonaro's return to Brazil.
"It is not the responsibility of the Federal Police to provide security outside the airport boundaries," the minister said in response to the bill, which called for an increased police presence in the area.
247 - The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, declared this Tuesday (28) in a hearing at the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ), that he will not comply with A request from the president of the PL party, Valdemar Costa Neto, to make police reinforcements available to Jair Bolsonaro. special around Brasília Airport this Thursday (30), date set for the return of the former occupant of the Planalto Palace to Brazil.
According to the minister, "it is not the responsibility of the Federal Police to provide security outside the limits of Juscelino Kubitscheck International Airport." "Inside the airport, yes, we will," the minister said.
The request was brought up by Bolsonaro-supporting congressman Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ), who said he feared "a new January 8th" if the Federal Police did not guarantee security.
“The Federal Police will act in accordance with the law. I regret to say, but I cannot comply with your request to break the law. The policing outside the airport is the responsibility of the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF). And as you literally said, 'we don't want any more vandalism.' So it's a matter of the leader and the followers behaving themselves, and I think there won't even be a need for police there,” the minister replied after explaining that the Federal Police's function is that of a judicial police force, according to Article 144 of the Federal Constitution.