His departure follows a series of resignations or dismissals of ministers, since the entry into service of the president Jair Bolsonaro.
The brazilian minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub, on Thursday announced his resignation after a series of controversies, latest in a succession of departures from the government of Jair Bolsonaro. “This time it’s true, I left the department of Education,” said Abraham Weintraub, 48 years old, in a video posted on Twitter, where it appears to the side of the chair.
The government of Jair Bolsonaro has experienced since its entry into service a dozen of resignations or dismissals of ministers, because of controversy or because of incompatibility with the president, such as most recently the last two holders of the Health, is in full pandemic of the sars coronavirus.
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an Economist by training, Abraham Weintraub, strong support of the president of the extreme right, announced that he would take a position “in the coming days” to the world Bank, and has not desired “for the moment talking about the reasons for (his) departure”. Since taking up his post in April 2019, the minister has been the character with the most controversial of the government.
Racism and improper remarks
He made on Twitter of the statements anti-china racist, had downplayed nazi atrocities, and called “assholes” by the judges of the supreme Court who should be “thrown in jail”. With less consequence but disturbing for a minister of Education, his spelling errors have made it the laughing stock of the internet users. Sunday, Abraham Weintraub had participated in a demonstration of bolsonaristes radicals against the supreme Court in Brasilia and had received a fine of 2000 réais (330 euros) for not having worn a mask of protection against the coronavirus, theoretically mandatory in Brazil, where the pandemic was in full swing.
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His departure was expected, especially since his incendiary comments coming on the judges of the supreme Court, an institution with which Jair Bolsonaro is presently engaged in a tug of war. The High court currently has on hand a number of surveys potentially devastating for the president and his family and friends, and the departure of the minister, has been seen as a conciliatory gesture toward it.
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The passage of Abraham Weintraub in the department has been marked by large declines in appropriations to the federal universities have thrown away in the streets of hundreds of thousands of protesters, in may 2019. Keen to express its support to this faithful unconditional, the president spoke of their shared love of “freedom” and rewarded Abraham Weintraub with a handshake and a hug.
