The former governor of Rio () will receive R$142,871.84 for vacations not taken during the period in which he was in charge of the state government.
The decision was published in the Wednesday (15) edition of the Official Gazette of Rio de Janeiro. An order from the Civil House Secretariat communicated the state’s decision to make the payment, even after . Now, payment depends only on the budget availability of the department.
When contacted, the Civil House did not return contact information for the report. To the newspaper O Globo, the organization reported that the amount refers to 206 days of vacation not taken by Castro during the period in which he was vice-governor and governor of the state, which began in 2019.
Castro requested the benefit three days after resigning. Data from the Electronic Information System of Rio de Janeiro indicate that the request to convert vacation into money was forwarded by the former governor to the state on the 26th. As the case was processed confidentially, there is no other information available.
The former governor was convicted of abuse of political and economic power. A, due to thousands of hirings without transparency and for political purposes at Ceperj and other bodies,.
The ticket that elected Castro in 2022 was revoked by the TSE, and the former governor is ineligible until 2030. After resigning, from the state because Rio has not had a vice president since 2025 and Rodrigo Bacellar (União), elected president of the Legislative Assembly of Rio,.
