Josimar Maranhãozinho (PL-MA), Pastor Gil (PL-MA) and substitute Bosco Costa (PL-SE) are accused of charging R$1.6 million to release parliamentary amendments
A asked this Monday (10) to the the conviction of two federal deputies and an alternate for the crimes of passive corruption and criminal organization.
The request for conviction is in the final arguments of the process in which federal deputies Josimar Maranhãozinho (PL-MA), Pastor Gil (PL-MA) and substitute Bosco Costa (PL-SE) are accused of charging bribes to release parliamentary amendments.
According to the PGR, between January and August 2020, the defendants requested an undue advantage of R$1.6 million to release R$6.6 million in amendments to the municipality of São José de Ribamar (MA). The complaint will be judged by the First Panel of the Court. A trial date has not yet been set.
Other side
Agência Brasil contacted the offices of Josimar Maranhãozinho and Pastor Gil. The space is open for manifestation. The report was unable to locate Bosco Costa. During the process, Josimar Maranhãozinho declared to the Supreme Court that the PGR’s accusations against the parliamentarian “appear to be fragile and unfounded”.
Bosco Costa’s lawyers defended the rejection of the complaint due to lack of evidence. The defense told the Supreme Court that the accusation is based on “dialogues from third parties and handwritten notes unknown to Bosco”.
Pastor Gil’s defense defended the illegality of the evidence obtained in the investigation as it understood that the case should have started in the STF, and not in the Federal Court of Rio Grande do Sul. . The lawyers also added that the complaint is based on “hypotheses and conjectures”.
*With information from Agência Brasil
