The one in São Paulo has already filed 50 possible public civil actions (ACP), from the Government of São Paulo, signed between 2021 and 2022. The program is for the construction of rural roads.
Those that he would have authorized under the argument of economic-financial rebalancing of the contracts.
The amendments totaled R$50 million, according to the MP-SP, and were made despite contrary technical and legal opinions produced by the Agriculture department itself and the State Deputy Attorney General’s Office.
Matturro’s defender, lawyer Fernando José da Costa stated that the filing of dozens of civil actions is disproportionate to discuss the same object, generating conflicting decisions.
“As a result of the analysis of 147 contracts signed in different municipalities, 147 civil investigations were opened. Of these, 16 have already been archived by the Public Ministry itself, which highlights the inconsistency of part of the investigations”, says the former secretary’s lawyer.
When contacted, the then governors in 2021 and 2022, and, did not comment. Both are not targets of the actions.
Launched in 2021 by then secretary Itamar Borges (MDB), now state deputy, to transport agricultural products and had a budget of R$400 million in 2022.
Itamar left the ministry to contest the elections in 2022, and Matturro, who was his executive secretary, succeeded him and was the one who authorized the additional payments to the companies.
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