PF opens investigation to investigate Ciro Gomes for a crime against Bolsonaro’s honor | Politics

According to a report by the newspaper “O Estado de S. Paulo”, the investigation was opened at the request of the Minister of Justice, André Mendonça. TV Globo confirmed the information. Wanted, the PF said it will not comment on the case.

Through a social network, Ciro said that “I do not particularly care about this act against me, but I consider Bolsonaro’s attempt to intimidate opponents and opponents serious.”

“I understand that it is an act of desperation for those who see their image deteriorate every day due to the criminal management of Brazil in the pandemic,” added Ciro.

According to “O Estado de S. Paulo,” Ciro allegedly injured Bolsonaro’s honor during an interview with a radio station in Ceará in November last year. Ciro said that he repudiated the president’s good humor, criticized what he called lack of respect for public health and also, citing the case of the “crackers,” called Bolsonaro a thief.

“Rachadinha” is what the illegal practice of appropriating part of the salary of public servants is called. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Republicans-RJ), Bolsonaro’s eldest son, was denounced last year for criminal organization, embezzlement and money laundering for “cracking” when he was a state deputy in Rio.

Investigations by the Public Ministry in Rio de Janeiro indicate that Fabricio Queiroz, Flávio’s former assistant and friend of President Jair Bolsonaro, was the financial operator of the scheme. He would be responsible for receiving the money and making the payments to cover Flávio’s expenses.

Queiroz’s bank statements seized during the investigation show that the former adviser also deposited 21 checks in the account of the first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, for the total amount of R $ 72 thousand, from 2011 to 2016.

The president said that the deposits were the payment of a loan. Queiroz’s statements, however, do not indicate that he has received money from Jair before, which would set up the loan.

National security law

On Friday (19), the Public Defender’s Office (DPU) and a group of lawyers called the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to request the closure of the investigations and criminal proceedings against the people who expressed criticism of the actions of President Jair Bolsonaro in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

This action is based on inquiries also opened at the request of the Minister of Justice but based on the National Security Law. This 1983 law, that is, created during the military dictatorship, deals with crimes against the “political and social order.” One of them is “to slander or defame the President of the Republic, the Federal Senate, the Chamber of Deputies or the Federal Supreme Court, charging them with a fact that is classified as a crime or offensive against justice.” reputation”.

Critics have said the government has used the National Security Law to coerce opponents and critics of Bolsonaro. The action against Ciro, however, is not based on the National Security Law.

Last Monday (15), the Department for the Suppression of Computer Crimes of the Rio de Janeiro Police summoned youtuber and influencer Felipe Neto to give explanations for an alleged crime provided for in the National Security Law.

The digital influencer claimed that the call came after he, on a social network, described President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) as “genocidal”, in the context of the federal management of the Covid-19 pandemic. On Thursday (18), a court order suspended the investigations against Neto.

Also on Thursday, a group of protesters was arrested by the Federal District Military Police while displaying a protest banner against President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party), in Praça dos Três Poderes, in Brasilia.