Court gives 5 days to the Ministry of Social Development and NGO to explain suspicions of irregularities in the distribution of food
Minister Augusto Nardes of the TCU (Court of Auditors of the Union), gave on Tuesday (18.FEV.2025) a period of 5 working days for the Ministry of Social Development and the NGO Mover Helipa to clarify suspicions of irregularities in the distribution of lunch boxes.
The measure responds to new party questions about the execution of the Solidarity Kitchen Program, which aims to provide free meals to vulnerable people. The suspicion came after a newspaper report showed alleged practices prohibited by TCU in the management of the NGO program.
Even before the notification of the TCU, the Ministry of Social Development suspended the partnership with Move Helipa. According to the Minister of Social Development, Wellington Dias, the interruption of the partnership of $ 5.6 million with the NGO was a preventive measure.
The portfolio reported that investigation and inspection procedures are underway, in collaboration with the CGU (Comptroller General of the Union). The NGO Mover Helipa said it had not been notified by TCU, but pledged to collaborate with any audit process.
“We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to transparency and ethics in dealing with partnerships with the government and the full collaboration in all audit procedures requested by the Government, with the objective of demonstrating the integrity and smoothness of operational processes, as It has been our stance since the beginning of our social performance ”told the newspaper .
The report of The globe He pointed out that the NGO, after winning ministry notices, subcontracted entities linked to former PT parliamentarians and companies with the corporate participation of its own owner and family members. Inconsistencies were also identified in meal deliveries, with receipts signed without the effective distribution of lunch boxes.
