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Luis Inacio Lula da SilvaPresident of Brazil, fired To Minister for Human Rights, Silvio Almeidaaccused of abusing several women.
“The president considers it unsustainable for the minister to remain in office given the nature of the sexual harassment allegations,” the presidential secretariat for public communications said.
The agency’s statement stressed that the Federal Police had opened an investigation, and the Presidential Commission on Public Ethics had also initiated a preliminary clarification procedure.
In a video posted on his social media, Almeida, a minority rights activist, rejected the allegations, calling them “absurd lies” and baseless.
One of the women allegedly harassed is a well-known Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco local media reported Metropolisesciting 14 people, including government officials and his friends.
Franco, also a human rights activist, declined to comment when asked about the report. His sister, former Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle Franco, was killed in 2018 along with her driver in a case that made headlines around the world.
Local NGO Me Too Brasil confirmed this. Reuters that he had received allegations of sexual harassment against the minister and that he had provided assistance to the women involved. After receiving approval, the NGO agreed to disclose the cases, but did not disclose names or details.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had earlier said he would meet with Almeida and Franco separately.
“Whoever oppresses does not remain in government,” Lula said in an interview with local radio, adding, however, that the minister must first be guaranteed the right to defend himself.
The Brazilian government said in a statement that the allegations were serious and said the case was “being handled with the rigor and speed required by situations involving possible violence against women.”
Both Franco and Almeida have been in the cabinet since Lula’s current term began in 2023 and are seen as important human rights defenders in Brazil. (EFE and Reuters)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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