On the defensive, the government shows a willingness to dialogue

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 19 Jun 2020 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

Despite the news from the main media outlets trying to connect Fabrício Queiroz, former aide to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Republicanos-RJ) from the time Flávio was a state deputy in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), with President Jair Bolsonaro, for now there are no facts to prove this relationship. However, the Queiroz case has put the Bolsonaro government and family on the defensive. Flávio is most affected. According to information released by the Public Ministry (MP) of Rio de Janeiro, Queiroz reportedly paid R$ 261 thousand in health insurance and tuition for the senator´s daughters.

In this scenario, the importance of the Centrão for Bolsonaro is growing. It is no coincidence that, after the appointment of Fábio Faria (PSD-RN) to the Ministry of Communications, today former Federal Deputy César Halum (Republicanos-TO) was appointed to the Secretariat of Agricultural Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture. Rede Globo also reported that the government´s legal team traveled to SP in order to meet the Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, in a gesture of becoming closer to the Judiciary.

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