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BRASILIA – Senators who make up the independent group “Muda, Senado” said on Thursday (15) that they will present a representation in the Senate Ethics Council against Chico Rodrigues (DEM-RR), caught with cash in underwear during a search and Taking of Operation Desvid-19, launched yesterday by the Federal Police. The document will be formalized next Tuesday (20).
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The decision was made in a virtual meeting by Senators Styvenson Valentim (Pode), Jorge Kajuru (Cidadania), Alessandro Vieira (Cidadania), Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede) and Lasier Martins (Pode).
Earlier, in a note, the national leadership of the Democrats, Rodrigues’ party, said that it had called its Legal Department to closely monitor “all the developments of the investigation that resulted, last Wednesday (14), in search and seizure at the home of Senator Chico Rodrigues (RR) “.
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“We are attentive to all the details of the investigation and, if there is evidence of the practice of illegal acts by the parliamentarian, the National Executive will apply the disciplinary sanctions provided in the Party’s Statute,” said the national leadership.
In a note, Senator Chico Rodrigues said that he trusts justice and that he will show that he is not involved in illegal acts. Regarding the operation, the congressman said that he had his house “invaded for just doing my job as a congressman, providing resources to combat COVID-19 in the health of the state.”
– I have a clean past and a decent life. I have never been involved in scandals of any magnitude. If there have been lawsuits against me in the past, it has been proven in court that I am innocent. It is like this in public life and, during my 30 years in politics, I met many people with bad intentions to tarnish my image, even more so in a turbulent electoral period, as is the case in our capital – he declared.
