This Friday judgment is handed down on the first request for impeachment against the governor of SC | St. Catarina

The governor is charged with crime of liability in the salary increase granted to state prosecutors, in order to match salaries to those of legislative staff. The equity was granted in September 2019. The ECA ordered to suspend payment of the increase in May. THE Moses’ defense denies there was a crime and believe in his acquittal in the trial this Friday.

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This Friday, if the governor is acquitted, he returns to office. But nevertheless, if convicted, you lose your job permanently me Reinehr becomes governor of State. He is also disqualified for the exercise of public function. So that there conviction, a minimum of seven out of 10 possible votes is required.

The Court of Justice of Santa Catarina (TJSC) validated the equalization of the salaries of state prosecutors in a trial held on Wednesday (25) in Florianópolis. The decision on the legality of the salary increase came a day after the interim governor annulled the administrative act of January 2019 that authorized the payment.

The appellants decided that the readjustment given to the state prosecutors is legal and must be retroactive to the date it was authorized by Carlos Moisés, in January 2019. The trial lasted almost four hours.

The session begins with reading the main points of the process. Faced with possible points of order, Moisés and the complainant, public defender Ralf Zimmer Junior, each have 30 minutes to speak. They can then be questioned by the president of the court of first instance, Judge Ricardo Roesler, by the other members of the court and by defense and prosecutors.

After this stage, oral discussions take place. Defense attorneys and prosecutors can speak for up to an hour and a half each, with the possibility of a reply and rejoinder for each party for one hour.

Then, the president of the special court of first instance calls the five deputies and the five superior judges, one by one, to discuss the complaint. Subsequently, Roesler will present a summary report of the reasons for the prosecution and defense, in addition to the evidence. After this stage, voting can begin. However, if clarification is required, a group hearing may be granted for a period of five days.

For the vote to take place, a minimum quorum of seven members of the special court of first instance is required. They will answer yes or no if Moisés committed a crime in the readjustment of the prosecutors and if he should be sentenced to loss of office. If there is no quorum, the session will be suspended and scheduled for a later date.

How did the complaint get to the court of first instance?

• Alesc’s request for impeachment was accepted on July 22.
• Eight days later, on July 29, the assembly officially opened the case. A special commission was formed within Alesc to analyze the complaint and the chosen rapporteur was Luiz Fernando Vampiro (MDB).
• On September 15, the commission voted unanimously to approve the report and continue with the complaint. The target, in addition to Moisés and the deputy, was also the former Secretary of Administration, Jorge Tasca, but he requested exoneration and was withdrawn from the process.
• Voting on the report in plenary in Alesc by all deputies, which occurred on September 17. First the complaint against the lieutenant governor was voted, then in relation to the governor. In both cases, the deputies chose to continue with the impeachment process.
• After the stage, the Special Sentencing Court was formed, which removed Moses, but acquitted Reinehr.

Who is in the court of first instance?

The members of the trial court were elected on September 23. In the Court of Justice of Santa Catarina a lottery was held for the selection of the five judges. The names defined were those of Judge Cláudia Lambert, Judge Rubens Schulz, Judge Sérgio Rizelo, Judge Carlos Alberto Civinski and Judge Luiz Felipe Siegert Schuch.

In Alesc, there was a vote. The selected deputies were: Kennedy Nunes, Laércio Schuster (PSB), Luiz Fernando Vampiro (MDB), Maurício Eskudlark (PL) and Sergeant Lima (PSL).

2nd request for impeachment

In addition to the process that temporarily removed him from office, Moses defends himself against another Trial Court.

The governor is responsible for the crime of liability in the purchase of 200 respirators at R $ 33 million paid in advance and without delivery guarantee and for the attempt to contract a field hospital in Itajaí.

On November 12, the rapporteur for the second case delivered the report to the mixed court, made up of five other deputies and five judges. The date for reading and voting on the complaint has not yet been set.

A third request for impeachment against the governor was delivered by the Parliamentary Respiratory Investigation Commission (CPI) to Alesc on September 8. According to the assembly, this document was under analysis until the publication of this report. A fourth request, made by state deputy Ivan Naatz (PL), is also analyzed.

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