Agnelo: "I respect the CPI, but the summons is unfair"
Governor Agnelo Queiroz reacts to his summons, by a vote of 16 to 12, to the Cachoeira CPI; "the criminal organization tried but failed to operate here. The Federal Police investigations prove that there was no favoritism shown to this group's interests within the GDF (Government of the Federal District)."
247 – Governor Agnelo Queiroz was surprised by his summons to the Cachoeira CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry), made this Wednesday, the 30th, by a vote of 16 to 12. He reacted with a political statement criticizing the move. "I respect the work of the CPI, but my summons is unfair," he said at the Palácio do Buriti in the late afternoon. "A criminal organization tried, but failed, to infiltrate the government of the Federal District. The Federal Police investigations prove that there was no favoritism towards this group." He is now preparing to provide all the necessary information to assist in the investigations, when called upon – a date has not yet been set.
The government of the Federal District released a statement regarding the summons. See the full text below:
Governor Agnelo Queiroz's statement regarding the summons to testify before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry.
"I respect the work of the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry), but this summons is unfair. This criminal organization tried to do business in the Federal District and failed. My government didn't allow it. The recordings prove that I did not cater to the interests of this group. That's why they used all means to try to bring me down."
Below is a previous news report from 247:
247 – The PT and PMDB joined the Cachoeira CPI together. But, thanks to a succession of conflicting decisions in the commission, they seem to have split for good. After the PT members supported, on Tuesday the 29th, the lifting of secrecy regarding Delta Construções at the national level – which could lead to the implication of the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral (PMDB), in the contractor's business dealings – the PMDB members retaliated against the governor of the Federal District, Agnelo Queiroz, summoned to testify this Wednesday the 30th.
What the Workers' Party members apparently didn't expect was that the PSDB, which didn't oppose summoning the governor of Goiás, Marconi Perillo (PSDB), would end up being responsible for preventing Sérgio Cabral from going to the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry). Cabral was left out thanks to the votes of three of the five PSDB parliamentarians – the vote was 17 against and 11 in favor.
If the three PSDB members had voted to summon Cabral, it would have been up to the committee chairman, Senator Vital do Rêgo (PMDB-PB), to decide the matter – to avoid compromising himself, he could have ended up summoning his party colleague. The suspicion of an agreement was pointed out by the PT leader in the Chamber, Jilmar Tatto (SP). He said that PMDB and PSDB "made a clear agreement" to free Cabral, even though representatives of his party also voted in favor of releasing the governor of Rio.
The PSDB leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Bruno Araújo (PE), denied the agreement. "Cabral was not called for one reason only: his name was not directly linked to Cachoeira. If that happens in the future, we will ask him to come," he said, in a clear change of discourse, since, at the beginning of May, Deputy Fernando Francischini (PSDB-PR) reported the filing of a request to summon Cabral.
The rapporteur of the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry), Deputy Odair Cunha (PT-MG), avoided speaking of an agreement, but warned: "even those who were not called this time may be called in the future." Due to the lifting of the secrecy surrounding Delta at the national level, the summoning of Cabral may end up gaining momentum. That is, if, by then, the PT and PMDB have not yet reached an understanding.