The lawyer, investigated in the scandal, sponsored, with R$ 400 thousand, the program “Informing Law”, presented by the public prosecutor José Carlos Cosenzo and by the public prosecutor Fabíola Sucasas, from the public sector.
The institutional support from the firm Nelson Wilians & Advogados Associados, without transparency, was provided through an agreement signed in May of this year and terminated early last September.
The Padre Anchieta Foundation, owner and manager of TV Cultura, reported that the forecast was institutional support of R$500,000. With the early closure, at the initiative of the current administration, the final value was R$400 thousand.
When consulted, the office of lawyer Nelson Wilians stated, through its advisors, that it did not sponsor the program. When informed that the Fundação Padre Anchieta had confirmed the financial support, the office claimed that “the payment of part of the support quota provided for the lawyer’s participation on the program bench”, which did not happen due to “scheduling problems”.
Cosenzo and Sucasas did not comment.
Representative Edna Macedo (Republicans) presented two amendments to the 2023 Budget, totaling R$ 1 million, which allowed the Padre Anchieta Foundation to acquire, from LSS Cinevideo e Eventos Ltda., the copyright and production of the series “Informing Law”.
TV Cultura aired the program between July and September this year.
There was criticism about the value of the amendments, considered high, public money that could be channeled for social purposes. The fact that this sponsorship was not mentioned in the programs was questioned.
The MP-SP reported “that it is unaware of any data relating to the contract between the company LSS Cine Vídeo e Eventos Ltda and Fundação Padre Anchieta”.
“There is no involvement of our institution with the project in question. The participation of the prosecutor and the public prosecutor in the program was strictly personal.”
The FPA reported that, “under the current management, which took over on June 13, the foundation has not received resources from parliamentary amendments to date.” The report was unable to contact LSS.
In July, upon assuming the presidency of the Padre Anchieta Foundation, the producer said that TV Cultura “should not be on”.
That month, the program welcomed Nelson Wilians’ wife, lawyer Anne Wilians, founder of the NW Institute, for a debate on gender equality.
She shared the table with Sílvia Pimentel, professor at PUC-SP, member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Anne is presented as a specialist in social innovation management, with specialization in public policies.
Cosenzo was the most voted on the triple list to succeed the Attorney General of Justice, Mário Sarrubbo, to whose group he is linked. The governor (Republicans) chose Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira Costa, third place.
Cosenzo was president of the São Paulo Public Ministry Association and the National Association of Public Ministry Members.
He is one of the candidates in the election for the Superior Council of the MP, in December.
Prosecutor Sucasas is dedicated to defending human rights and combating domestic violence against women. She was director of the Democratic Public Ministry Movement.
Congresswoman Edna Macedo is the sister of Bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. At the invitation of the deputy, prosecutor Sucasas gave a lecture at Universal temples in Guaianazes and Cachoeirinha on the topic “The different types of violence against women and how to combat them”.
In April, the prosecutor and the deputy were at the office of the Secretary of Public Security, Guilherme Derrite, to request a Women’s Defense Police Station in the Grajaú neighborhood.
In February of this year, Edna requested Governor Tarcísio de Freitas “to release resources for investment in order to encourage the Padre Anchieta Foundation to produce new programs for broadcast on TV Cultura”.
In August, Cosenzo visited Edna at the Legislative Assembly. “We talked about the challenges of public management and the importance of promoting actions that truly impact society,” she wrote on social media.
The column awaits responses to the request for information and comments sent to prosecutor José Carlos Cosenzo and deputy Edna Macedo.
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