The president of the Evangelical Parliamentary Front, deputy Sóstenes Cavalcante, highlighted, this Wednesday (22), in the Chamber Plenary, the arrest of former Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, and the pastors involved in the Federal Police Operation.
Sosthenes said that from the beginning he defended removal and investigation. “If during the course of the investigation any illicit act was found, the due punishment to the rigor of the law”, he added.
For him, the arrest of former minister Milton and the pastors was sad news, but he questioned why there was no arrest of the aforementioned mayors.
“If there was passive corruption on the part of the minister, where is the active corruption? Why were there no arrests for the mayors who were supposedly the corruptors? We want the investigation, the punishment of everything and everyone”.
The evangelical deputy defended the government of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and said that there must be punishment. “This government does not throw any mistake under the rug. If someone made a mistake, they will be punished. May this sad episode serve as an example for others,” he concluded.
Milton Ribeiro Prison
Former Minister of Education Milton Ribeiro was preventively arrested, this Wednesday (22), in Santos. The warrant was issued as part of a Federal Police (PF) operation that took place on Wednesday.
According to the PF, the “Acesso Paid” operation aims to investigate the practice of influence peddling and corruption for the release of public resources from the National Education Development Fund (FNDE), linked to the Ministry of Education (MEC) .
The preventive arrest warrant issued against Milton Ribeiro cites the crimes of passive corruption, malfeasance, administrative advocacy and influence peddling.
In addition to the warrant against the minister, 13 search and seizure warrants and four arrest warrants are being carried out, distributed across the states of Goiás, São Paulo, Pará and the Federal District. In addition, there are precautionary measures, such as the prohibition of contacts between investigated and those involved.
In a note, the Ministry of Education says that it collaborates with all research bodies that involve the previous management of the portfolio.
“In order to clarify all the issues, the MEC reinforces that it continues to contribute to the control bodies so that the facts are clarified as soon as possible. The MEC emphasizes that the federal government does not condone any irregular act and will continue to collaborate with the investigations”, says the statement.
Source: CNN Brasil
