Gouveia e Melo stands out from the Freemasons movement that supports his candidacy

The statement issued by the former Chief of Staff of the Navy comes 24 hours after the establishment of the Movement to Support the Admiral to the Presidency, which includes two influential Masons, was made official.

In the text, the admiral defends “clearly that any citizen must have the right to defend their good name and reputation until convicted” and guarantees that he does not want to “participate in any activity that violates this principle of individual freedom”

JosMateus, a member of the Admiral's Presidential Support Movement, is accused by the Public Prosecutor's Office of passive corruption.

Today, Admiral Gouveia e Melo withdrew from the association that is supporting his presidential candidacy (MAAP), stating that he does not feel any responsibility for the actions of its members. “I inform you for due effect that citizen Henrique Eduardo Passala'qua de Gouveia e Melo, Admiral and former Chief of Staff of the Navy, in reserve, and in the full exercise of his civil rights, is not connected to the creation of the MAAP association an…