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BRASÍLIA – The Presidency of the Republic removed Senator Chico Rodrigues (DEM-RR) from the post of vice president of government in the Senate on Thursday. According to the Minister of the Government Secretariat, Luiz Eduardo Ramos, the senator asked to leave office. He leaves office after an operation by the Federal Police on Wednesday, in which he found money hidden in his underwear and even between his buttocks.
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The dispensation was published in an additional edition of the Official Gazette (DOU). The document, whose only item is the removal of the senator, says that Chico’s departure from office was at the request. There is no substitute indication.
In the opinion of a Bolsonaro assistant, the Chico Rodrigues episode was “very bad.” The expectation is that the removal of the senator from the vice presidency will help calm down, but the assessment is that the image of the congressman will continue to splash the government.
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Rodrigues was the target of an operation investigating diversion of funds to combat the coronavirus. Investigators who searched and captured the senator’s residence in Roraima found around R $ 30,000 in the place. Part of the money bills would be between the buttocks. The PF recorded in photos and videos the moment of this apprehension.
In a note released after the dismissal, the Special Secretariat for Social Communication (Secom) affirmed that the Federal Police’s action against the senator “is proof of the continuity of the Government in the fight against corruption in all sectors of Brazilian society. , without distinctions or privileges “. “.
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The Executive maintains other parliamentarians under investigation as government leaders in the Senate and in the Chamber, such as Senator Fernando Bezerra, who was also targeted by the Federal Police last year. For a source linked to the government heard by GLOBO, the “embarrassment” of the Chico Rodrigues episode exceeds that of previous cases.
