The return of parliamentary work after the São João parties-which paralyze Congress activities-will bring a sensitive pending to the mayor, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB): to decide whether to send to the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) an investigation against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
The request was approved on June 10 by the House Public Security Commission and requests an investigation of possible interference from Lula in INSS fraud investigations.
The document was presented by Deputy Evair de Melo (PP-ES) and has not yet had final order of the presidency of the House. Under the rule, the commission may approve the request, but it is up to the House to authorize the submission to PGR.
The prosecution involves alleged attempt to interfere with, conducted by the Federal Police and the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU).
Lula Declaration motivates request
The central motivation of the application is a Lula speech at a news conference on June 3, when the president said he ordered the control bodies to act with “much caution” to avoid “crucifixions” of suspicious entities. According to parliamentarians, the pronouncement represents a possible embarrassment to the autonomy of PF and CGU.
“Although the apparent discourse prudence, in practice, constitutes a veiled way of conditioning or relativizing ongoing findings,” says the text.
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The request maintains that Lula’s demonstration may configure a crime of responsibility by using the position authority to benefit entities potentially linked to political allies and even family members.
Lula’s brother’s involvement is quoted
The document also cites the involvement of José Ferreira da Silva, known as Friar Chico, brother of the president, with Sindnapi (National Union of Retirees, Pensioners and Elderly), one of the entities mentioned in CGU investigations. Friar Chico has been president of the organization, which is suspected of undue discounts on pensions.
