Congressman says that Flávio Bolsonaro may have committed a crime of disobedience due to lack of confrontation | National newspaper

The prosecutor of the Federal Public Ministry of Rio Eduardo Benones did not accept the arguments of the defense of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, of the Republicans, to miss the confrontation with Paulo Marinho, businessman and alternate of the senator.

First, the senator stated that he was with Covid, as stated in the September 3 document: “It would be unwise because the applicant had contracted the Sars-CoV-2 infection; he would be prevented from participating in the confrontation, so as to protect the health of passers-by ”.

But the prosecutor pointed out that “the petition was not accompanied by a relevant medical certificate” and concluded that it could not accept an argument about a future possibility: “Admit the failure to carry out a future investigative act under the mere allegation of not being able to attend for Non-contemporary health reasons would be to prevaricate the prevarication ”, that is, it would be an omission of the prosecutor.

The senator announced on his social networks that he was cured of Covid on September 6, two weeks before the confrontation. In addition, on Monday Flávio Bolsonaro fulfilled his schedule in Manaus and published photos of himself on a television program.

This Tuesday (22), the prosecutor in the case called the Attorney General’s Office and said that the senator’s adviser did not inform him about Flávio Bolsonaro’s official agenda in Manaus. The prosecutor pointed out “unjustified non-appearance to the confrontation” and, therefore, the alleged configuration of the crime of disobedience by the senator.

In the document to the PGR, the Prosecutor’s Office also criticized the request of Flávio Bolsonaro’s defense, that the confrontation be held in the Senate cabinet and that the prosecutor was “invited.” “Lack of institutional respect. This is not a ceremonial or solemn act.” The MPF does not have to be invited, much less put in the position of ‘rejecting’ the so-called ‘invitation’ ”.

The confrontation is part of the investigations into the alleged leak of the Furna da Onça operation in 2018. Paulo Marinho said that he heard from a friend of Flávio that a Federal Police delegate leaked information about the operation and related the fact with Fabrício’s resignation Queiroz. then advisor to Flávio Bolsonaro, who at that time was a state deputy. Flávio Bolsonaro is not being investigated and has been denying information from businessman Paulo Marinho.

Jornal Nacional contacted Flávio Bolsonaro’s press office, but received no statement from the senator on the matter.

Last Wednesday, Judge Fábio Dutra, of the 1st Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice, denied an appeal by TV Globo and upheld the precautionary measure that prohibits the station from disclosing information and documents under the secret of another investigation, that of rachadinha, carried out by the Public Ministry of Rio.

The 33rd Civil Court of the Court granted the precautionary measure to the Republican Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the main investigated in the investigation, on September 4.

Globo affirms that the judicial decision was a restriction on the freedom to inform, since the investigation is in the interest of the entire society. Globo is evaluating the applicable legal measures.