General Director of the PRF () in the government (), Silvinei Vasques was appointed secretary of the City Hall of São José, a city of 270 thousand inhabitants in the metropolitan region of Florianópolis.
This Monday (6) he assumed the position of municipal secretary of Economic Development and Innovation under the administration of Mayor Orvino Coelho de Ávila ().
The target of a Federal investigation, Silvinei Vasques spent a year in preventive custody at the Papuda Penitentiary Complex. He was released from prison last August, but remains under investigation, with the use of an electronic ankle bracelet.
Silvinei is being investigated for alleged use of the PRF structure on the day of the second round of the 2022 election in favor of the then president due to, mainly in the Northeast, a region where (PT) had a wide margin of votes.
When carrying out the raids, Silvinei failed to comply with the order of the minister, then president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court).
He also responded to an administrative process for having posted a photo with Bolsonaro on social media on the eve of the .
Silvinei has a degree in economics and law. He was superintendent of the PRF in Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina and served as municipal secretary of Public Security in São José under former mayor Elias Fernando Melquíades.
The mayor of São José, Orvino Coelho de Ávila, is known for having been . He held a seat on the São José City Council for 44 years, from 1976 to 2020, when he was elected mayor.
In 2024, he was re-elected with 41.41% of the votes, defeating candidate Adeliana (PL).
