Brazil president sacks close aide amid political scandal
Brazil president sacks close aide amid political scandal
02/18/20196:36:20 PM UPDATED ON02/18/20196:45:51 PM
Written by AFP
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (l) has sacked Gustavo Bebiano (r) from the ruling party without explaining
the decision
Mauro Pimentel (AFP/File)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday sacked a close aide who helped get him elected after a storm within his party over suspected improper campaign financing.
The allegations are the latest scandal to hit the party of the far-right president, who comfortably won elections last October in large part by vowing to stamp out corruption.
Bolsonaro "has decided to dismiss as of today Gustavo Bebianno as minister of the general secretariat of the presidency," spokesman Otavio do Rego Barros told a news conference in Brazilia.
The spokesman did not explain the firing, saying it was a "personal decision" by Bolsonaro.
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