The Minister of Justice and Public Security Flávio Dino (PSB) will appear this Tuesday (28) before the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Commission (CCJC) of the Chamber of Deputies to clarify his performance in front of the portfolio.
Among the subjects are the changes in arms policy, the measures adopted after the criminal acts of January 8, the visit he made to Complexo da Maré, in Rio de Janeiro, and the racist behavior and criminalization of poverty related to the episode, as well as a balance of the first months of work in the ministry.
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Dino was invited to attend the Chamber in response to requests filed by parliamentarians. One of them is authored by deputies Gervásio Maia (PSB-PB), Orlando Silva (PCdoB-SP) and Rubens Pereira Júnior (PT-MA). Others were from deputies Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ) and Caroline de Toni (PL-SC).
Zema asks for a 258% increase in his own salary
The governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo), sent a bill to the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais (ALMG) requesting an increase in his salary, that of the deputy governor and the secretaries and assistant secretaries by up to 258% from of the next day 1st.
Zema even commented on the subject on his social networks last Friday (24). “For Minas to continue advancing, it is necessary to attract and retain the most competent technical staff. There are more than 15 years of freezing the salaries of state secretaries, a situation incompatible with the position. law) that solves the problem”, said Zema at the time.
If the bill is approved by the deputies, Zema’s salary will go from R$ 10,500 to R$ 37,589.96, which represents an increase of 258%. The salary of Lieutenant Governor Mateus Simões will increase from R$ 10,250 to R$ 33,830.96, a 230% increase.
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Romeu Zema / Marcello Casal Jr / Agência Brasil
The bill still provides for two other increases for the coming years. In this case, the governor’s salary would reach R$39,717.69 in February 2024 and R$41,845.49 in February 2025.
Judge places Tacla Duran in witness protection program
The new judge responsible for the Lava Jato operation, Eduardo Appio, from the 13th Criminal Court of Curitiba, included lawyer Rodrigo Tacla Duran in the federal government’s witness protection program, this Monday (27).
The determination took place after Duran gave testimony to the Federal Police in which he reiterated the accusations against lawyers close to federal deputy Rosangela Moro (União Brasil-SP), wife of the former judge and now senator Sergio Moro (União Brasil-PR).
“The accused is being referred to the federal program of protected witnesses due to the great political and economic power of those involved, being certain that any and all measures will only be considered by this federal court in case of concrete risk to the life and/or safety of the witnesses and authorities involved,” Appio wrote in the decision.
Tacla Duran / Playback/Youtube
In the deposition, Duran claimed to have paid US$613,000 to lawyers linked to Rosangela Moro, which was part of a total of US$5 million required to close a plea bargain agreement with the Federal Public Ministry. By not fulfilling the rest of the installments, Taclan Duran said that he had his preventive arrest decreed by Moro.
The negotiation would have the endorsement of former prosecutor and federal deputy Deltan Dallagnol (Podemos-PR) and would have been presented by lawyer Carlos Zucolotto Júnior, partner of Rosangela Moro.
Esther Dweck and Nelson Barbosa will be tried for pedaling in the Dilma government
The Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) will judge the Minister of Management and Innovation, Esther Dweck, and the director of BNDES Nelson Barbosa, this Wednesday (29), for responsibility in the tax pedaling that culminated in the impeachment of the former president Dilma Rousseff (PT).
The Federal Public Ministry (MPF) asked for the condemnation of both with ineligibility for public office for five years. If the allegations are accepted, Dweck and Barbosa will have to be removed from their current positions.
Esther Dweck / Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil
Attorney Júlio Marcelo de Oliveira argues that Dweck, who at the time was Secretary of the Federal Budget, played a malicious role in issuing the supplementary credit decrees without authorization from the National Congress. At the time, Nelson Barbosa was Minister of Planning and also responsible for the decrees.
“In the view of the MP for Accounts, this conduct reveals more than a gross error, with serious breach of the duty of care. It is, in fact, a willful conduct, with perfect awareness that a required condition was being frontally breached” , argues Oliveira.
Ibaneis determines reinforcement in the security of the DF for the return of Bolsonaro
The governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha (MDB), determined that security in the Federal District be reinforced for the return of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), which should take place this Thursday (30). The determination comes after a request from the president of the PL, Valdemar Costa Neto, so that any type of “predation” is avoided, according to a document obtained by the metropolises.
Ibaneis Rocha and Jair Bolsonaro / Agência Brasil
Although there is no demonstration scheduled for the day, Bolsonarist congressmen are inviting supporters to welcome the former president, who has been in the United States since the end of December last year.
In Brazil, Bolsonaro will receive the same salary as a minister of the Federal Supreme Court: R$ 39,293.32. He will be honorary president of the PL, according to Valdemar Costa Neto.
Editing: Nicolau Soares
