Alckmin chooses yet another person convicted of corruption.
Former mayor of São Caetano, José Auricchio Júnior (PTB), appointed to the Sports Secretariat of the São Paulo state government, was accused of using public funds to distribute Christmas cards promoting him; also chosen by the same politician, former president of the FDE (São Paulo State Sports Foundation), José Bernardo Ortiz, was another target of the same accusation.
247 – The governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB), has chosen another name convicted of administrative misconduct to join his team of secretaries. The former mayor of São Caetano, José Auricchio Júnior (PTB), was accused of using public funds to distribute a Christmas card intended to promote himself. He was appointed to the Secretariat of Sports this Tuesday, the 8th.
The cards were sent to residents of the ABC Paulista municipality at the end of 2005, the first year of his administration, and contained the name and signature of the then-mayor. According to the court, Auricchio spent money for "personal promotion," thus violating "the principles of legality, impartiality, and administrative morality."
This is not the first person convicted of administrative misconduct to be part of the governor's team. The former president of the State Education Development Fund (FDE), José Bernardo Ortiz, is actually facing ten lawsuits, eight of them for misconduct – he has already been convicted. The State Public Prosecutor's Office requested the freezing of Ortiz's assets and his precautionary removal from office. He was appointed by Alckmin in early 2011 and subsequently removed by the courts.