After President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) implements that federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) defends organized crime, leftist politicians reinforced this speech and stated that a video of the parliamentarian in January benefited the first command of the capital (CCP).
The Minas Gerais politician points to “canalhice” in the allegations and promises to go to court with a complaint of defamation. “Accusing others without proof is with the left,” he wrote on social networks (read below).
In January, Nikolas published a video about a new IRS standard, which expanded the monitoring of financial transactions, extending to fintechs the transparency obligations that all financial institutions have in the country.
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At the time, he said the norm was “breach of masked confidentiality of transparency.” Checking Estadão checks He pointed out that the video, which had 300 million views, had misleading and distorted information. The negative repercussion made the government cancel the standard.
After an investigative task force last week revealed a scheme that involved fintechs and the CCP, Lula rescued the episode, but did not mention Nikolas nominally.
“There is a deputy who campaigned against the changes that the IRS proposed, and now it is proven that what he was doing was defending organized crime,” he said in an interview on Friday, 29.
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In a video published in her Instagram account, federal deputy Tabata Amaral (PSB-SP) comments on the mega operation against organized crime and makes reference to the video about the pix recorded by the House colleague at the beginning of the year. The new tabata video is named “Nikolas Ferreira helped the CCP?”.
“Organized crime is benefiting from all these fintechs that are not being supervised today. Nikolas said it was defending you, your freedom, your business. But I ask you: Who is profiting from all this?”
Federal Deputy Guilherme Boulos (PSOL-SP) also used his networks to comment on the case. In a series of videos with Nikolas, recorded for a TV show, Boulos “provokes” the deputy, when the topic of organized crime is added to the conversation. The debate aired at CNN on Friday, a day after megaoperation.
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Federal Representative Reimont (PT-RJ) also associated Nikolas with the money laundering scheme revealed by Operation Operation Hidden, launched on Thursday, 29.
“You saw that Nikolas Ferreira attacked Pix while with many fake news and with that has strengthened the fintechs. And now, the Federal Police apprehension a lot of money linked to the CCP. […] It’s a simple question: If Nikolas favors fintechs, attacks Pix, and fintechs favor the CCP, has Nikolas Ferreira help or not helped the CCP? ”
Rogério Correia, deputy for the PT by Minas, same state as the PL parliamentarian, also wrote. “So you mean Nikolas Ferreira helped the CCP?”
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Parliamentarians combined with the government mobilize to ask the Federal Public Prosecution Service and the Ministry of Justice a investigation over the deputy. The deputies also want to bring the theme to discussion in the House of Representatives, so that the colleague is investigated.
Nikolas says he is ‘compiling everything’
On social networks, Nikolas has criticized Lula’s accusations and called the speech of “a criminal and irresponsible climbing lie.” He also claims to be “compiling everything” to trigger the courts.
In addition, he sent a message to Sidônio Palmeira, Lula’s secretary of communication. “You’ll have to do better than that to knock me down, Sidonius. Were,” he wrote in X (former Twitter). Nikolas is considered one of the main young leaders on the right.
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In another publication on the networks, the Minas Gerais parliamentarian stated that Lula will be convicted “if there is still justice in this country.”
What was Operation Hidden Carbon
Operation Hidden Carbon was the largest of the type in the history of the country and aimed the fuel sector and financial institutions based on Avenida Faria Lima, located in São Paulo.
In the region alone, the country’s main financial center are 42 targets of the operation between fintechs, brokers and investment funds. It is estimated that the criminal organization, linked to the First Capital Command (CCP), has moved R $ 52 billion in the investigated period, shielding resources through 40 investment funds.
