RIO – Marcelo Crivella’s defense went to court with a request for the mayor to come from Rio to accompany his mother’s funeral. At age 85, Eris Bezerra Crivella died this Monday in her Copacabana apartment, in the South Zone, the cause of death has not yet been revealed.
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Crivella remains under house arrest. He was Dona Eris’s only son, who would have died in his sleep. The funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at the Caju cemetery.
Marcelo Crivella entered public life by running for the Senate, being elected by the PL (2003-2011) and reelected by the PRB (2012-2020), a position in which he graduated to lead and take office in Rio Photo: Aílton de Freitas / Agência O Globo – 08/12/2009As a senator, Crivella (then PRB) tried to run for mayor of Rio in 2008, but did not pass the first round Photo: Fábio Rossi / Agência O Globo – 03/10/2008After supporting the election of Dilma Rousseff (PT), Crivella was appointed Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2012, a position he held until 2014, when he requested his resignation to run for the state government Photo: Givaldo Barbosa / Agência O Globo – 03 / 02/2012In the debut of his political career, as a candidate for the Senate, Crivella campaigned with former governor Anthony Garotinho, who was trying to be elected president of Brazil Photo: Nelson Veiga / Agência O Globo – 06/07/2002After two defeats in the municipal elections, in 2004 and 2008, Crivella was elected to the mayor of Rio in 2016, defeating Marcelo Freixo (PSOL) in the second round Photo: Armando Paiva / Raw Image / Agência O Globo / Agência O BalloonMarcelo Crivella during a campaign to the Senate, in 2002, in Morro do Borel, in Tijuca, North Zone of Rio Photo: Jorge William / Agência O Globo – 08/22/2002Marcelo Crivella makes a positive gesture before the 2002 vote Photo: Hipólito Pereira / Agência O Globo – 06/10/2002Candidate for mayor for the PL campaigns in Santíssimo Photo: Michel Filho / Agência O Globo – 07/07/2004Marcelo Crivella, during a campaign in Rocinha, Rio South Zone Photo: André Teixeira / Agência O Globo – 07/23/2008Projeto Cimento Social, of the then senator Marcelo Crivella, in Morro da Providência was seized by the TRE for being understood as an instrument to promote the candidacy for mayor of Rio in 2008 Photo: Domingos Peixoto / Agência O Globo – 06/24/2008
The lawyer for the dismissed mayor, Alberto Sampaio, said that he has already entered the Superior Court of Justice with a request for Crivella to be released from house arrest and accompany the mother’s funeral. If it is accepted, the STJ will send a letter to the Rio Justice communicating the decision.
– It is a simple request, which can respond both to those detained after trial and to those detained in custody, as is the case. I made this request a moment ago – Sampaio said.
Investigated by the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) in the case that became known as “Tip Headquarters”, which investigates alleged illegal schemes in the City Council, Crivella has been in preventive detention since December 22, as well as other six suspected of participating in the alleged corruption scheme.
