Castro’s hearing was considered the last major act of the collegiate before the reading and voting on the final report, scheduled for the afternoon of the same day
The former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Casatro, informed this Monday (13) that he will not attend the Organized Crime CPI due to health problems. “Former governor Cláudio Castro was diagnosed, on the morning of this Monday (13/04), with acute low back painpresenting intense pain in the lower back”, he says, adding that what happened led to express medical advice to suspend travel and in-person activities at this time.
“For this reason, he will not be able to attend the hearing of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) on Organized Crime, scheduled for Tuesday (14/04), in Brasília.”, adds the note, informing that “out of respect for the members of the Commission and the work carried out by the Federal Senate, the governor will forward his medical report, formalizing the justification for absence.”
This week, the . Castro’s hearing was considered the last major act of the collegiate before the reading and voting on the final report, scheduled for the afternoon of the same day. THE Castro’s call was an initiative of the CPI rapporteur, senator Alessandro Vieira. In the request, the parliamentarian justifies the importance of the testimony, classifying Rio de Janeiro as a “laboratory of the most sophisticated dynamics of organized crime in the country”.
The expectation was that the former governor, as a summoned witness, clarify the structural flaws and difficulties faced by the state in combating criminal factions.
