The Electoral Judicial Investigation Action (AIJE) was filed for abuse of political and economic power in the 2024 municipal elections.
The technical director of the Basic Sanitation Services Regulatory Agency of the Municipality of Natal (Arsban), Victor Matheus Diogenes Ramos de Oliveira Freitas, is also the target of AIJE.
In October last year, the CNN He revealed an audio in which he played against Natália Bonavides (PT) and won the dispute with 55.34% of the valid votes.
The director is brother -in -law of the then mayor, Álvaro Costa Dias (Republicans), who expressed support to Freire. The Public Prosecutor of Labor of the RN received the recording and also began to investigate the case. Diogenes was dismissed after contact from CNN With MPT-RN, but returned to office after the election of Paulinho Freire.
In the MPRN investigation, prosecutors have evidence that commissioned and outsourced servers were cooperated to support two candidates for the position of councilman, as well as the mayoral candidate and the deputy on the plate.
“This support would have been obtained through influence/coercion, as threats of dismissal and dismissal, and through posts on social networks and public events. The elements denote that Álvaro Costa Dias organized this practice by allotment of the secretariats and municipal agencies to guarantee political support, using the public machine to benefit the campaigns of allied candidates, ”says the MPRN.
The Public Prosecution Service says that “there is evidence that municipal management has offered public services in exchange for electoral support, exploring local leaders to cooperate voters.”
In addition to the cancellation of mandates and ineligibility, the MPRN requested the application of a fine to those involved, as well as information to the State Court of Auditors (TCE) and the General Comptroller of the Municipality of Natal.
The case was sent to the Electoral Court, which determined that the investigated present their defenses.
A CNN He asked for a manifestation of the aforementioned and awaits return.
