The judicial proceeding that contested Diogo Castor de Mattos’s permanence in the position of Prosecutor in Paraná due to the billboard that exalted the ended on Thursday (6) in the TRF-4 (Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region), with “TRANSIT IN JUDGMENT” AND “DEFINITIVE LOW”, ie when there is no possibility of appeal.
The filing occurs because the Regional Prosecutor of the Republic Elton Venturi chose not to resort against in favor of Mattos Castor. Venturi had been assigned to act in the case by the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, in a ordinance signed on November 12.
Questioned by Sheet Whether or not there was any guidance to present a resource to insist on the dismissal of Castor de Mattos, the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) replied that “the performance in this case was appointed, according to the limits established in the Ordinance that formalized the procedure “.
The report was unable to contact Venturi this Friday (7). According to PRR-4 (Regional Attorney of the Republic of the 4th Region), he is on vacation.
Prior to the deadline for any appeal to come to an end, a group of lawyers linked to the lawyers and lawyers for democracy pointed to Venturi’s suspicion, claiming that he would have already shown support for Lava Jato in the past, and asked the PGR to exchange the designated name to act in the case.
“It is a fact that the PRR designated by the PGR must act as long manuses of the Attorney General’s Office, responsible for representing the interests of the Union, overseeing compliance with the law, and ensuring the execution of the Constitution, and must comply with the orders contained in its designation and Not from them are inquiry, or offer refusal, “says an excerpt from the document taken by the collective – but PGR rejected the request.
The collective states that Venturi should have appealed against a decision of the 12th TRF-4 Panel of November 2024, which kept it, allowing Mattos Bearse to continue in the public service. In case of appeal, the process could rise to higher instances.
In a trial session held in 2021, the CNMP (National Council of the Public Prosecution Service) had decided to apply the dismissal to the Mattos Berade for hiring the billboard. By 6 votes to 5, the agency understood that the prosecutor committed an act of administrative misconduct.
But because of the vitality of the position, the dismissal penalty is not applied immediately. After the CNMP’s decision, the then Attorney General Augusto Aras delegated to a member of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office to file a public civil action for the loss of the position of Castor de Mattos, which occurred in July 2022. Other designations have been made since then, until Venturi’s entry at the end of last year.
Outdoor, installed in 2019, cost $ 4,100 and had the image of nine Lava Jato prosecutors accompanied by the following text: “Welcome to [sic] Republic of Curitiba – Land of Operation Lava Jato – the investigation that changed the country. Here the law is fulfilled. March 17, five years of Lava Jato Operation – Brazil thanks “.
It was installed on a land of Rocha Pombo Avenue, on the access to the exit of Afonso Pena International Airport, in the region of Curitiba.
Sought this Friday to comment on the outcome of the case, lawyer Luis Felipe Cunha, responsible for the defense of Castor de Mattos, said in a statement that the prosecutor’s maintenance “represents the recognition of the injustice committed against him.”
“There was manifest disproportionate between the fact and the sanction and countless procedural and material illegalities,” said Cunha, who is also alternate of Senator Sergio Moro (União Brasil-PR), former Lava Jato judge.
According to Cunha, Mattos beaver “was noted for leading investigations of billionaire deviations from public funds that took dozens of politicians and entrepreneurs to jail” and, as a result, “suffered a strong political persecution.”
For the lawyer, the prosecutor is “another victim of a scenario that recently settled in the country: the inversion of values, where those who fought corruption have been blamed.”
