“Foi fundamental a manutenção da autonomia da PF para que fosse possível realizar esses trabalhos. Seja de bom grado ou seja pela pressão da sociedade, essa autonomia foi mantida e isso permitiu que os resultados fossem alcançados”
Portal translation: Maintaining the PF's autonomy was essential for this work to be possible. Whether willingly or because of pressure from society, this autonomy was maintained and that allowed the results to be achieved
The translation is the portal's; the original text, in Portuguese, is the one that prevails.
Context
In announcing his departure from the government, Moro described the Federal Police (PF)'s autonomy under previous governments.
Where
Address · Resignation address from the Ministry of Justice (Brasília)
Verification
Checked against the journalistic record: Interferência na PF, fraude e demissão: veja dez frases de Moro, on Oct. 24, 2026. Excerpt selected by Gazeta (ES); full transcript of the address not opened. The topic is covered in another entry in the archive.
O grande problema de realizar essa troca... Primeiro: havia uma violação a uma promessa que me foi feita inicialmente, que eu teria carta branca. Em segundo lugar, não havia um causa para essa substituição e estaria claro que estaria ali havendo uma interferência […]
Portal translation: The big problem with making this change... First: there was a violation of a promise made to me initially, that I would have carte blanche. Second, there was no cause for this replacement and it would be clear that there was political interference in the Federal Police
Sergio Moro · April 24, 2020 · Address · Resignation address from the Ministry of Justice (Brasília)
O presidente me disse, mais de uma vez, que queria ter uma pessoa da confiança pessoal dele, que ele pudesse ligar, que ele pudesse colher informações, relatórios de inteligência
Portal translation: The president told me, more than once, that he wanted to have a person of his personal trust, whom he could call, from whom he could gather information, intelligence reports
Sergio Moro · April 24, 2020 · Address · Resignation address from the Ministry of Justice (Brasília)
Acertamos, como fiz com todos os ministros: vai ter autonomia no seu ministério. Autonomia não é sinal de soberania. A todos os ministros, e a ele também, falei do meu poder de veto. Os cargos chaves teriam que passar pelas minhas mãos e eu daria o sinal verde ou não.
Portal translation: We agreed, as I did with all the ministers: he will have autonomy in his ministry. Autonomy is not a sign of sovereignty. To all the ministers, and to him as well, I spoke of my veto power. The key positions would have to pass through my hands and I would give the green […]
Jair Bolsonaro · April 24, 2020 · Address · Address at the Planalto Palace
