In a notice addressed to the minister André Mendoncaof the Federal Court (STF), the MPF ruled against the preventive detention of the senator. Mendonça agreed with this opinion.
“The convincing panorama presented is based on deductions which have not yet been consolidated. To date, no direct link has been demonstrated between the parliamentarian and the execution of illicit behavior, nor the receipt of illicit sums. The simple fact that former advisors were recipients of sums does not automatically authorize the extension of liability to the holder of the mandate without a solid factual basis which binds him”, declared the MPF in an opinion.
“It is not said that there is no possible illicit practice, but that at present, the available elements are weak to support it. The detective story itself oscillates: sometimes it attributes to the senator a position of direction and command over the project; sometimes it relativizes this premise, admitting to being concerned only with influence and insertion at higher levels without attributing maximum direction to it. At this stage, there are more doubts to clarify than certainties capable of supporting the extreme measure,” he continues.
In a representation sent to the Supreme Court, the PF claims that the senator acted as “political leadership”, “support”, “hidden partner” and was “final beneficiary” of the irregular associative rebate system. One of the signs of participation reported by the PF is a spreadsheet found at Alexandre Caetano, accountant of Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes, known as “Careca do INSS”.
“The documents found include a spreadsheet referring to Senator Weverton Rocha, identified by the Federal Police as the political core that enabled the activities of Antônio Camilo,” states an excerpt of Mendonça’s decision.
Denying the senator’s preventive measure, the supreme minister said that the arrests of parliamentarians require “extreme caution” because they cause “drastic effects” in the country and make “the full exercise of the parliamentary mandate” impossible.
In a previously published memo, Senator Weverton Rocha said that he “received the search of his home with surprise” and that he “was available to clarify any doubts as soon as he had full access to the decision” that authorized the operation. THE Value he contacted the parliamentarian again after Mendonça lifted the confidentiality of his decision, but he received no response.
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