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Leonardo Rodrigues de Jesus, Léo Índio, left the office of Chico Rodrigues (DEM-RR) after the senator was caught with money in his underwear in an action by the Federal Police on Wednesday (14).
Cousin of the sons of President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party), he has been a parliamentary adviser since last year. According to the TwitterTwo aspects led Indio to renounce a monthly salary of R $ 23 thousand: shame and family pressure. The dismissal was confirmed today by the congressman’s counselor.
Bolsonaro’s assistants would have ordered the former adviser to request his resignation and to remain silent, out of the spotlight, so that his image is not further linked to the senator’s scandal, to harm the President of the Republic.
Indio received the same advice when speaking on the phone with one of the president’s sons, Councilor Carlos Bolsonaro (Republicans-RJ), with whom he is very close.
In Congress, colleagues report that, resigned, the former aide would have said it was time to “turn the page.”
In Bolsonaro’s assessment, Léo Índio’s work as Rodrigues’ assistant created a “glass ceiling,” as defined by an assistant at the Planalto Palace. The removal was not a direct order from the government, but a recommendation.
Yesterday (15), a report from the newspaper “O Estado de S. Paulo” showed that Indio was guided by Bolsonaro’s allies to leave the French, as part of a strategy to protect Bolsonaro from repercussions in the case.
Public figure
Léo Índio is the son of a sister of Rogéria Nantes, the president’s first wife. He lived for a time with his cousin Carlos Bolsonaro and served as his informal advisor at the Rio City Council until he was assigned to Rodrigues’ office.
He became a public figure after Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in 2018 due to social media. He used to constantly appear in photos with Carlos.
With the rise of Bolsonaro to the presidency, Léo Índio began to frequent the corridors of the Planalto Palace, although he did not have a position.
In the first 45 days of the president’s term alone, he was on the Plateau 45 times. In addition, he traveled in the official delegation that traveled to Brumadinho, in Minas Gerais, at the time of the tragedy of the rupture of the Córrego do Feijão mine dam (January 2019).
In 2019, after questioning his role in the government, Léo Índio was appointed to Rodrigues’ office.
THE Twitter He was unable to reach the former aide for comment on the case. When he took office in the senator’s office, he wrote on social media that he admired Chico Rodrigues.
“I belong to the president’s family, as has been reported on several occasions in the press, that is why I constantly endure trials and various types of attacks, and I will strive to demonstrate how unfair they are,” he wrote at the time.
