He escaped responding to an expulsion process from the PT in 2014 as a result of investigations by the Public Ministry for alleged links with the (Primeiro Comando da Capital).
At the time, in a decision by the PT state executive in São Paulo.
Luiz would have participated in a meeting with 13 members of the criminal faction at the headquarters of a cooperative, linked to Senival, according to the Civil Police.
The then president of PT São Paulo and now state deputy Emídio de Souza justified Senival’s stay in the party at the time, despite being among the targets of the investigation.
“It has nothing to do with one thing or another. Senival is a member of a cooperative. There are no elements against him. Luiz Moura was accused of participating in a meeting with the PCC”, said Emídio, in July 2014.
When contacted by the Panel this Thursday, the deputy preferred not to comment on the incident 12 years ago.
This Thursday (25), the PT directory in the city of São Paulo stated that Senival must respond to proceedings before the Ethics Council and could be removed or even expelled.
According to the Civil Police, for the criminal faction.
The councilor, according to the investigation, “instrumentalized Transunião for the operationalization of a clandestine financial system”, aimed at the economic support of individuals linked to the PCC.
Senival’s defense says that the arrest caused outrage and the “truth will prevail”.
“The measure causes enormous surprise, especially because it was determined at an extremely sensitive moment, on the eve of the electoral period, a circumstance that inevitably raises questions”, said lawyer Marcio Sayeg, who represents Senival.
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