Brazilian superminister Sérgio Moro resigns after Bolsonaro fires federal police chief Maurício Valeixo

Sergio Moro, who won broad public support for jailing corrupt politicians and businessmen as a judge, said he was resigning because Bolsonaro fired federal police chief Mauricio Valeixo for personal and political reasons.

That's also the reason he got in as his super minister and likely even gave Bolsonaro a chance to be elected by single handedly staining the Workers' party for probably a decade in Brazil BTW.

Former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso urged Bolsonaro to step down, while the leader of the influential gun lobby in Congress – a longstanding ally – said he could be impeached.

Based and resemblant of his own history.

The president's office did not respond to a request for comment. Bolsonaro said on Twitter he would "re-establish the truth" at a 5 p.m. news conference.

Brazilian financial markets tumbled, with stocks falling nearly 10% before paring losses and the exchange rate slipping more than 3% to a record low. Investors fear Economy Minister Paulo Guedes could be the next 'super minister' to exit.

The grave allegations against Bolsonaro are likely to expose him to serious political and even legal risks.

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Capitão Augusto, head of the gun lobby in Congress, which has been key to the president's threadbare coalition, said this was the "beginning of the end" for Bolsonaro.

"His position is becoming more and more untenable," Augusto told Reuters, adding that a parliamentary investigation was certain. "I think that after this pandemic, the first topic that will be debated will be the question of the impeachment of the president."

Maybe the multi-party system will save us or other right-wing parties will figure Brazil can't go through as many constitutional crises (although, to be fair, Brazil is a Presidentialist Republic so those things are probably/properly defined in the Constitution) as the US can from bring pretty irrelevant internationally but neither of these things are clear and right-wing outlets here will do their work so I'm still doubting it.

Moro's exit may alienate voters who backed Bolsonaro for his anti-corruption campaign in 2018, leaving the president more reliant on conservative social activists, along with the current and former generals with prominent positions in his cabinet.

"The exit of minister Sergio Moro from the government shows the Bolsonaro government distancing itself from the popular desire to fight corruption. It is the defeat of ethics," the centrist Podemos party said in a statement.