This is a cliché that says a lot: in the photo, published in "front page" of the newspaper Estadão October 16, 2019, Jair Bolsonaro, martial, points the finger at his Minister Sergio Moro, his hand mimicking a pistol ready to fire. The latter, head down, hands crossed, seems to be waiting to be executed by his "captain-president" … all under the amused gaze of those present, who came to attend a flag raising ceremony in Brasilia, and who did not Presumably not expect such a staging from the two most popular figures of the executive.
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Now viral, the photo seems premonitory today: because at the end of January, nothing is going right between the Head of State and his Minister of Justice, fallen hero of the anti-corruption fight. The relationship, described as "Cyclothymic" by the press, could even take the road to divorce … and Jair Bolsonaro would be tempted to "execute" for good his threatening rival. With the battle for leadership in the far right in the background.
On January 20, an ulcerated Bolsonaro attended his minister's performance on the popular political show "Roda viva". Defending very weakly the action of the government, Sergio Moro then suggests that he could run for president in 2022. "Would you sign a document saying that you will not be a candidate?" " asked the journalist. "It would make no sense, answers the interested party, deliberately ambiguous. Lots of people sign these kinds of documents and then tear them up… ”
"In politics, everything changes"
Two days later, the counterattack was launched: Mr. Bolsonaro suggested to officials that he could take responsibility for "public security" from Sergio Moro in order to entrust it to a full-fledged minister. Offended, the ex-judge of Curitiba threatens to resign. Cautious, Mr. Bolsonaro steps back. But remains threatening: "Today, the chances (to recreate a ministry of security) are zero, but for tomorrow I don't know, because in politics everything changes all the time ", said the head of state on January 24.
In truth, the cloth burns for a long time between these two men, who have never been close. Their “union”, celebrated in the aftermath of the 2018 elections, was first of all a marriage of reason: on the one hand, Mr. Bolsonaro took full advantage of the popularity of his young minister of 47 years, former star judge of the 'Operation Lava Jato' ('express wash'), which led to the controversial imprisonment of ex-President Lula. On the other hand, Mr. Moro fulfills his devouring ambitions, becoming all-powerful Minister of Justice and Public Security: two powers which had not previously been combined in the same portfolio.
