Public Prosecutor files lawsuit to remove UEG from public service exams.
The Public Prosecutor's Office will go to court to request that the State University of Goiás (UEG) not organize ongoing state public service examinations; on Wednesday, the government canceled exams, rescheduled new dates, but maintained UEG as the organizer. According to prosecutors, fraud was found in previous exams and trust in the university's work was broken; "it is unreasonable to expect the application of another exam that may be canceled in the future," argues the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Goiás 247_ Public prosecutors Fernando Aurvalle Krebs and Sandra Mara Garbelini filed a public civil action this Friday (8) with a request for an injunction to remove the State University of Goiás (UEG) from organizing seven public competitions in the State that are currently underway.
The competitions related to the action are those for soldier and officer/cadet of the Military Police; for clerk, agent and delegate of the Civil Police; for researcher at the Mauro Borges Institute, and for technical and administrative positions at the Secretariat of Science and Technology (Sectec).
The prosecutors are requesting that UEG be removed from the program immediately for the exams scheduled for this month and next. The published exam schedule was: March 17 (Civil Police agent), April 7 (PM soldier), April 14 (Mauro Borges Institute and PM officers and cadets), April 21 (police delegate), and April 28 (Sectec).
On Wednesday (6), after a meeting that included representatives from Segplan, the State Court of Auditors and UEG, the State government decided to cancel the tests with evidence of irregularities, but kept UEG in the organization of the competitions and also announced the new dates (above).
Initially, the lawsuit also requests that the State of Goiás be prohibited from making payments to the university for the second and subsequent remaining installments related to the two cooperation agreements signed for the holding of the competitive examinations (Cooperation Agreements No. 10/12 and 11/12). In case of non-compliance, a daily fine of R$ 100 per day was requested, to be imposed on UEG and the State.
Reasons
Prosecutors justify their request to remove UEG from organizing the competitive examinations due to serious evidence of fraud in the conduct of the selection processes for positions in the Public Security Secretariat, a suspicion that is still under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
They point out, however, that it was found that the answers to the objective questions in the tests did indeed follow a numerical and letter sequence, which corresponded to each type of test administered.
“Indeed, the way the answer keys for the police chief and clerk exams were generated raises serious doubts about the integrity of the organization responsible for the exam (UEG),” argue the members of the Public Prosecutor's Office, noting that, if the fraud is proven, this will lead to the annulment of all actions taken, with serious harm not only to the candidates but also to the public administration. The prosecutors consider that, given the breach of trust in the work carried out at UEG, it is unreasonable to expect the application of another exam “that may be annulled in the future.”
"Therefore, the preliminary injunction appears essential to avoid the discrediting of the State of Goiás in the holding of public examinations, should these be invalidated in the future, as well as to prevent the expenditure of public money to the detriment of the treasury," reinforce Fernando Krebs and Sandra Garbelini.
Regarding the merits of the case, the prosecutors are requesting that UEG be permanently removed from organizing and conducting the seven public selection processes.
(With information from the Public Prosecutor's Office website)