The process regarding Rose "will be carried out carefully and efficiently."
This is what the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, Gilberto Carvalho, guarantees, "even if it hurts us personally, because, in the current reality, nothing stays under the rug anymore." He is referring to the administrative process opened in the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) to investigate those involved in the scheme of selling opinions revealed by Operation Porto Seguro, of the Federal Police.
Lourenço Canuto
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Brasilia - The administrative process opened at the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) to investigate Rosemary Noronha, former head of the office of the Presidency of the Republic in São Paulo, "will be carried out with the necessary care and efficiency, giving the accused the right to defense that every person should have, within a democracy," said today (29) the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, Gilberto Carvalho.
According to the minister, the current and previous governments have implemented anti-corruption laws, "even if it hurts us personally, because, in the current reality, nothing stays swept under the rug anymore." He added, "The institutions have the support to function regardless of who it hurts, because the government has the courage to do things clearly and transparently."
The decision by the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic, which yesterday (28) approved the final report of the Investigative Inquiry Commission created to deal with the matter and forwarded the results to the CGU, "is a natural fact", given the former employee's connection with a Presidency body, the minister highlighted, in an interview at the Ulisses Guimarães Convention Center, where he participated in the National Meeting of New Mayors.
"I think that's what democracy is: today Brazil punishes more than before, which doesn't mean that corruption has increased," Carvalho pointed out. He recalled a thought from former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to whom, "whoever doesn't want to be investigated shouldn't make mistakes."
In episodes like the one involving the former advisor, investigated by the Federal Police's Operation Porto Seguro, which began in November of last year, it is natural, according to Gilberto Carvalho, "that all spheres that have responsibility in a matter fulfill their role, promoting an investigation."