The senator (-SE) stated this Thursday (7) that he will present with his colleague (Novo-CE) a request to the (Supreme Federal Court) so that the minister of the court is prevented from analyzing the request to open a CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) from .
Vieira defended the suspicion (when impartiality is questioned) because, according to him, Kassio has an “intimate and notorious relationship” with the senator and president of , (PI) – who was the target of an operation due to suspicions of receiving R$500,000 per month from the former banker.
The document has not yet been filed in the Supreme Court system.
“Considering the intimate and notorious relationship between Minister Kassio and Senator Ciro Nogueira, who today became officially the target of investigations relating to the Master case, I am presenting, together with Senator Girão, a request for suspicion, so that the writ of mandamus regarding the installation of Master’s CPI be distributed to another minister of the STF”, wrote the senator on X (formerly Twitter).
Wanted by Sheet Through consultancy, Kassio will not comment on the senator’s statements.
The then federal judge Kassio Nunes Marques at the STF in 2020 by the former president (). As shown by Sheet at the time, the choice was influenced by the senators (PL-RJ), now a pre-candidate for the Presidency, and Ciro, who was head of Bolsonaro’s Civil House.
Kassio and Ciro are both from Piauí. The president of the PP was considered the magistrate’s political godfather. The appointment as TRF-1 judge by the former president (), for example, would have occurred thanks to her proximity to political chiefs from the MDB and PP, including the senator.
In his interview, the current minister of the Supreme Court also responded, who refuted the criticism made of the nominee’s name and praised the fact that the head of the Executive had chosen a magistrate of northeastern origin.
Opposition senators called on the Supreme Court to make the installation of a CPI mandatory to investigate the Master scandal after the president of the Senate, (União-AP), ignored the requests asking for the opening of a commission.
The writ of mandamus was distributed by lottery to Kassio Nunes Marques at the end of March, but the minister still.
Alcolumbre has already indicated to allies that he will not stir the hornet’s nest in an election year. The senators, like the mixed CPIs of the INSS (National Institute of National Insurance) and that of Organized Crime, but both ended with their reports rejected.
OPERATION AGAINST CIRO NOGUEIRA
In a new phase of the Compliance Zero operation, the PF identified that Ciro Nogueira presented to the Senate an amendment produced by Master to expand the coverage of investments guaranteed by the FGC (Credit Guarantee Fund), a way of finding a way out of the bank’s fraudulent architecture.
In addition, investigators listed a series of benefits granted by Vorcaro to Ciro, which include jet trips to luxury international destinations, in addition to payment for accommodation and restaurants.
Ciro Nogueira’s lawyer, Antônio Carlos de Almeida Castro, known as Kakay, said in a statement that the defense “repudiates any conclusion of illegality about his conduct, especially in his parliamentary performance.”
He says that the senator is committed to contributing to Justice “in order to clarify that he had no participation in illicit activities and in the facts investigated, making himself available for clarifications.”
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