Thomaz Bastos could silence Cachoeira in the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry).
The deposition is scheduled for Tuesday the 15th, but the defense is also trying to postpone it; on Friday night the 11th, the Federal District Court ordered a new arrest for the gang leader; last week, the Cachoeira Parliamentary Inquiry Commission heard testimony from Federal Police delegates behind closed doors.
Deborah Zampier, from Agência Brasil - The defense team for businessman Carlos Augusto Ramos, led by lawyer Marcio Thomaz Bastos, filed a lawsuit yesterday with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to try to postpone the gambling kingpin's testimony before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) investigating his relationship with parliamentarians and public officials. habeas corpusThe defense suggests that, if the businessman does not have access to the evidence, he may adopt the tactic of remaining silent.
“To decide whether to speak or remain silent, he first needs to know what is being said about him,” highlights a passage from the lawsuit. The lawyers go on to argue that “if he decides to remain silent, [Cachoeira] will lose a valuable opportunity not only to dispel the suspicions weighing on his shoulders, but also to clarify facts that have caused so much rumor.”
O habeas corpus He intends to overturn the decision of the CPI president, Senator Vital do Rêgo (PMDB-PB), who summoned Cachoeira to testify on the 15th, denying the defense access to the evidence and information gathered by the CPI.
The lawyers are contesting the fact that Cachoeira's defense is being hampered, since he cannot evaluate the evidence that parliamentarians will use to interrogate him, including that collected in Operations Vegas and Monte Carlo. The rapporteur of the habeas corpus It is Minister Celso de Mello.