Bolsonaro Wants an Evangelical to Direct the National Film Agency

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday, August 31st, that he would like to appoint someone with an Evangelical profile to the National Film Agency (ANCINE).

“Someone with the Bible under his arm, callused knees and who knows 200 verses of the Bible”, he described. “Of course it’s a bit of an exaggeration, but I’m a conservative president”.

The president delivered the statements to a group of six journalists who were waiting for him to have lunch outside the Army headquarters, in Brasília. He ordered his team to invite the reporters to lunch, sat down at the table with them and spoke for about an hour and a half.

Recorders and cell phones were not allowed.

Last Friday, August 30th, Bolsonaro dismissed the president of ANCINE, Christian de Castro Oliveira, after a court order. He had allegedly breached operational confidentiality by passing on classified information to a person outside the agency.

The case is being prosecuted wih the records under seal.

Oliveira’s term would have expired in October 2021, along with that of Alex Braga Muniz, chosen by Bolsonaro to be interim president in his absence. Debora Ivanov, the third director, is in office until October this year.

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