The president of, (-AP), allocated about $ 15 million to an NGO program that is linked to one of its main advisors.
The money was employed in the Mais Vision program, designed by alcohubre in 2019 and managed by the government of Amapá. The bill was widely explored in its campaign material at the last Senate election in 2022.
The NGO chosen by the government of Amapá to carry out the program, the religious entity Capuchinhos (Frei Daniel de Samarate Human Promotion Center) in Macapá, is coordinated by Maria Ivanete Campos Mendes for at least eight years.
She is the mother of Pedro Jorge Delgado, presented as a son by Jardel Adailton Souza Nunes, parliamentary advisor to alcohubre since February 2019 and chief of staff of the senator’s office in Amapá. His salary is $ 29.4 thousand, according to information from the Senate.
Sought by SheetAlcolumbre claimed to receive the questions with surprise, denied conflict of interest and said it is proud to have worked to ensure resources for the implementation of the program. Jardel Nunes did not comment.
On the Nunes page on Instagram, there are images of alcohubre actions, projects carried out by Capuchinhos and publications with references to Pedro Jorge on commemorative dates.
“Today this beautiful young man like the father is taking another return around the sun. Daddy of heaven keep blessing my son and keeping him firm in his purposes. Dad loves him and wishes him much health, peace and happiness,” wrote alcohubre advisor in September 2024.
Nunes and Maria Ivanete also appear together in a photo published by Pedro Jorge on social networks accompanied by the caption: “Me, father and mother”. This and other images show the trio on family celebrations, such as Father’s Day.
Jardel Nunes was Secretary of Health of Amapá in 2014. Since 2021, he responds to a lawsuit on charges of administrative misconduct in the Federal Court of Amapá, in a complaint filed by the MPF (Federal Prosecutor) in the state.
The agency accuses him of authorizing payments for works that would not have been executed, in a state hospital, with resources from the Ministry of Health. The case would have generated damage of $ 3.8 million.
The Mais Vision program, which offers ophthalmological treatment to the population of Amapá, was made possible by alcohubre in 2019, when destined for its implementation. The president of the Senate states, on his website, that he participated in his elaboration and passed on to the project “Resources over R $ 15 million” in parliamentary amendments, in 2019 and 2020.
The program after patients lost vision after infection acquired in a joint effort, when more than one hundred people suffered complications. Currently, the Health Prosecutor’s Office follows the execution of the project.
Maria Ivanete is the one who signs documents as administrative coordinator of Capuchinhos. She also performs under this position on social networks.
The entity’s certificates show that until August 2023 it defined its main activity as “religious or philosophical organization.” That month, four years after the implementation of Mais Vision, his registration was changed to “outpatient medical activity with resources to perform surgical products”.
In October 2024, the MPF opened a civil inquiry to investigate alleged irregularities in hiring Capuchinhos and subcontracting private companies responsible for the execution of the most vision.
Prosecutors investigate suspicious administrative misconduct in the outsourcing of services and the intermediation of the contract, since Capuchinhos subcontracted the company Health Link for patient care. In the establishment of the procedure, the MPF cites the “apparent use of resources from parliamentary amendments”.
President of the Senate denies conflict or impropriety in hiring
Through his press office, Alcolumbre stated that “he receives with surprise newspaper questions about the private life of an advisor and the unfortunate attempt to involve his name in facts and situations of private order of third parties, with which he obviously has no involvement.”
He also stated that there is no conflict in the fact that one person, “among many other present in the NGO, have been related for decades to the parliamentary advisor, whose only current bond is the common child.”
“The personal and particular relationship that occurred decades ago, in no way represents conflict or impropriety the hiring celebrated between the Government of Amapá and the Capuchinhos.”
He also said that “he is proud to have worked to ensure the resources for the implementation of the Mais Vision program, executed by the Amapá government, responsible for choosing the Center, which has successfully served thousands of Amapaenses.”
The Communication Secretariat of the Government of Amapá replied that the hiring of the NGO was due to the relevant services rendered and that this is the relationship with the executive, “no other influence, any kind.”
The NGO said hiring signed under the funding term does not require competition and that “what is expected of the contract is that the prices practiced are market prices” and that “the contracted services and activities are effective and proven to be executed”. He also said he did not outsource the service and activities provided for in the contract.
About Maria Ivanete, she stated that she is a member of the body of associates and the board of the entity “and is professionally related to public and private institutions within the limit of the law and its directive functions on behalf of the institution, such as any other member of the board.”
Maria Ivanete said she has nothing to do with Alcolumbre’s office. He said he has belonged to the institution since the 2000s and “relates republican to all entities.” He also said he had no participation in the decisions that led to the NGO’s choice.
“We were called upon to execute the program because we agreed with the state for over 20 years in health projects,” he said. Sought for two weeks by the phones of the offices of Brasilia and Amapá, by email, cell phone and through alcobumbre advice, Jardel Nunes did not respond.
