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Jair Bolsonaro, August 24, 2019

“Olha, carta branca eu tenho poder de veto em qualquer coisa, se não eu não sou presidente. Todos os ministros têm essa ingerência minha e eu fui eleito para mudar. Ponto final”

Portal translation: Look, carte blanche, I have veto power over anything, otherwise I'm not president. All the ministers have this interference from me and I was elected to change things. Period

The translation is the portal's; the original text, in Portuguese, is the one that prevails.

Context
Asked whether Minister Moro had carte blanche, in the week of the dispute over the Federal Police (PF) superintendency in Rio.
Where
Press conference · Remarks on leaving the Alvorada Palace, reproduced by Folha de S.Paulo (via Bahia Notícias)
Verification
Checked against the journalistic record: Não tenho problema nenhum com Moro, diz Bolsonaro sobre sua ingerência em ministros (Folhapress), on Oct. 24, 2026. Folha report read in reproduction. The final punctuation is the outlet's.
Topics
moro bolsonaro pf, autonomy
Mentions
Sergio Moro

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Sources

Não tenho problema nenhum com Moro, diz Bolsonaro sobre sua ingerência em ministros (Folhapress) — Bahia Notícias (content from Folha de S.Paulo), Aug. 24, 2019 · original ↗

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Inclusive foi me prometida, na ocasião, carta branca para nomear todos os assessores, inclusive desses órgãos, né, policiais, como a Polícia Rodoviária Federal e a própria Polícia Federal.

Portal translation: In fact, I was promised, at the time, carte blanche to appoint all the advisers, including in these bodies, right, police bodies, such as the Federal Highway Police and the Federal Police itself.

Sergio Moro · April 24, 2020 · Address · Address at the Ministry of Justice, transcribed by Poder360

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All statements by Jair Bolsonaro · Identifier: fala:bolsonaro-2019-08-24-carta-branca-veto