On Friday (24), former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) delivered to Caixa Econômica Federal one of the three sets of jewelry he received from Saudi Arabia, following a determination by the Federal Audit Court (TCU). The kit delivered through his lawyers includes a watch, pen, cufflinks, a ring and a type of rosary, all in white gold with diamonds.
Jewels that were seized at Guarulhos airport / Reproduction / Twitter
The TCU also determined that the set of jewels valued at R$ 16.5 million that were seized by the Federal Revenue Service at Guarulhos airport, in São Paulo, also be sent to Caixa Econômica Federal.
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As reported by the newspaper The State of S. Paulo, the Bolsonaro government tried to bring this second set of jewels in October 2021 from Saudi Arabia, through an advisor to the then Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque. The then head of the folder, in turn, upon learning of the seizure, tried to negotiate the release of the items using the position of his position. The attempt, however, did not work and the jewels continued to be seized, since any asset whose value exceeds US$ 1,000 must be declared to the Federal Revenue Service.
MPE asks for the impeachment of Renan Filho and governor of Alagoas
The Regional Electoral Attorney’s Office in Alagoas requested the impeachment of Senator Renan Filho, current Minister of Transport, and State Governor Paulo Dantas, both from the MDB, on Wednesday (29).
In the document, the Public Ministry argues that Renan Filho misused the public machine during the 2022 election, by distributing basic food baskets through the state government program Pacto Contra a Fome. The practice can configure abuse of political and economic power and culminate in ineligibility and the imposition of a fine, in addition to impeachment.
In the same line, the Attorney’s Office also accuses Paulo Dantas and his deputy, Ronaldo Lessa (PDT), of also having been electorally benefited through the program.
Renan Filho / Evaristo Sá/AFP
According to the document, Renan Filho “was a direct beneficiary of the conduct, having agreed with them, actively participating in the dissemination of the assistance program for basic food baskets in an election year and using it as a campaign platform”.
“Factors such as the date on which it was launched (about two months before the electoral campaign), the repeated mention of the program in interviews, reports, electoral programs and social networks, and the size of the resources involved without plausible justification, give the Pact against Hunger is an eminently electoral purpose”, argued the regional electoral attorney Antonio Henrique de Amorim Cadete.
“The elements contained in the case file demonstrate a manifest deviation from the purpose resulting from the use of the social program in favor of the candidacy of the investigated Paulo Dantas and Renan Filho, in addition to compromising the legitimacy and fairness of the elections with the necessary seriousness, denoting the practice of abuse of power.”
Lewandowski asks the PGR to comment on Tacla Duran’s accusations against Moro
The Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Ricardo Lewandowski forwarded to the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, the accusations made by lawyer Rodrigo Tacla Duran against former judge Sergio Moro, now a senator for the União Brasil do Paraná. Now, as part of the procedural rite, the PGR must decide whether or not to continue the complaint.
Tacla Duran / Playback/Youtube
In a statement to the new judge responsible for the Lava Jato operation, Eduardo Appio, from the 13th Criminal Court of Curitiba, Duran said he had paid US$613,000 to lawyers linked to Rosangela Moro (Podemos-SP), which would be a portion of a total of US$5 million of dollars required to close a plea deal with the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office. By not fulfilling the rest of the installments, Taclan Duran said that he had his preventive arrest decreed by Moro.
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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.
TCU annuls lawsuit against Esther Dweck and Nelson Barbosa for tax pedaling
The Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) decided to annul the accusations against the Minister of Management and Innovation Esther Dweck and the director of BNDES Nelson Barbosa for the tax pedaling that culminated in the impeachment of former President Dilma Rousseff (PT). Minister Antonio Anastasia understood that there was intercurrent prescription, which, according to TCU regulations, occurs when the process is paralyzed for at least three years.
Previously, the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) had requested the conviction of both with ineligibility for public office for five years. If the allegations were accepted, Dweck and Barbosa would have to be removed from their current positions.
Esther Dweck / Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil
Attorney Júlio Marcelo de Oliveira defended 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.
CCJ approves ban on hiring second-instance convicts for public administration
The Senate Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) approved the ban on appointing people convicted in second instance of racism, drug trafficking, rape, child abuse or domestic violence to public administration positions, this Wednesday (29). The Bill (PL) 1.899/2019 authored by Senator Marcos do Val (Podemos-ES), however, received some amendments and must now undergo a new vote in the committee before going to the Senate floor.
Among the amendments, the rapporteur Esperidião Amin (PP-SC) accepted the suggestion of Senator Sergio Moro (União-PR) to also prohibit the hiring of people convicted in second instance for crimes against the public administration such as embezzlement, concussion, passive corruption and prevarication.
Strong scenes: Sérgio Moro is run over by Fabiano Contarato in the Senate. pic.twitter.com/0FilRjBcq9
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During the discussions, Senator Fabiano Contarato (PT-ES) pointed out that the STF has already decided that no one can be considered guilty until the process is analyzed by all instances of Justice.
“I even understand that shielding crimes seeks public morality. But we also have to understand that one of the requirements of the CCJ is to analyze constitutionality. even the final judgment of the criminal sentence would condemn. Whether they wanted it or not, that was the decision”, said Contarato at the time.
Editing: Nicolau Soares
