The one in Goiás proposed action against the pre-candidate for the Presidency, which was considered excessive use of the state’s military police officers as security guards for him and his family. According to the agency, the conduct constitutes an act of administrative improbity causing illicit enrichment and damage to the treasury.
which had access to a document that shows total expenditure on agents’ salaries of R$797.5 thousand per month, apart from increases in commissioned functions, bonuses and daily allowances.
The Public Ministry’s petition was sent by prosecutor Leila Maria de Oliveira. She asks for the treasury to be reimbursed for the costs incurred with the measure and the suspension of agents who go beyond the legal provisions.
The action targets Caiado, also a beneficiary of the security scheme, and Colonel Marco Aurélio Godinho, chief secretary of the Military House of .
A Sheet He tried to contact Godinho, through Casa Militar, and with Ronaldo and Gracinha Caiado’s advisors, who did not respond until the report was published.
Previously questioned about the number of personnel, the former governor stated that ‘escorts are not stewardship’ and spoke of the need for security due to his administration having combatted organized crime.
On April 1, one day after the Goiás government decided to run for President, Godinho signed an ordinance in the state’s Official Gazette with new rules for the security of former governors.
He stipulated that the actions also extend to family members of the former governor, who can indicate which military police officers will make up the team, if available. The ordinance also determined that the state’s Military House is responsible for “the transportation and accommodation structure”, as well as “the other logistical resources necessary to carry out security measures”.
The benefit is valid for as long as the politician has served as governor, as long as the period is longer than three years. for seven years and three months.
The Public Ministry says that the ordinance “unduly expanded the list of beneficiaries of state protection and made it possible to use public resources for purposes outside the public interest.”
The body states that there is no legal provision for the guarantee to be extended to family members of the former governor and adds that the facts have “special relevance given the circumstance that its occurrence coincides with the beneficiaries’ political-electoral campaign”, in reference to Caiado’s pre-campaign for the Presidency and Gracinha for the Senate.
The Public Ministry expressed the understanding that the state rule maintains a rule stipulated in 2011 that provided four security guards for former governors and concluded that the expansion to family members innovated “in the legal order in matters not authorized” by the State Constitution.
The agency also cites diaries from Secami (Secretariat of State for the Military House), responsible for the service, in the state of , where Caiado moved to coordinate the pre-campaign for the Presidency.
The piece asks for the granting of urgent protection to suspend the effects of the ordinance and limit the amount of security to four agents for the former governor, without extension to family members.
He also requests the incompatibility of Godinho’s ordinance and, at the end of the process, the conviction of him, Caiado and Gracinha for administrative improbity, with full compensation for the damages, still to be calculated, to the public treasury. The value of the case is R$ 1,290,856.55.
Prosecutor Leila Maria de Oliveira was already the target of the former governor, who criticized, in 2025, her action questioning the lack of bidding for works in the state.
