PT confirms legal action against Aécio regarding the airport.
The legal team for President Dilma Rousseff's campaign decided that it will file a complaint for administrative misconduct with the Minas Gerais Public Prosecutor's Office this Tuesday against PSDB candidate Aécio Neves. The action stems from a report published by Folha de S. Paulo this Sunday alleging that Neves, when governor of Minas Gerais, built an airport with public funds on land that belonged to his family. PT president Rui Falcão said yesterday that the senator "used the government of Minas Gerais as an extension of his properties." The senator attributed the report to the "election period." ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency) will investigate landings and takeoffs in an area that is not yet authorized for use.
247 - The campaign committee for President Dilma Rousseff decided, on the afternoon of Monday the 21st, to file a complaint for administrative misconduct with the Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais against the PSDB candidate for President of the Republic, Aécio Neves.
The lawsuit, which is expected to be filed this Tuesday, is based on a report published by Folha de S. Paulo this Sunday accusing Aécio of having built, during his second term as governor of Minas Gerais, an airport with nearly R$ 14 million of public funds on property that belonged to his uncle, in the municipality of Cláudio (read more).
On Monday, during a visit to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pity, in Caeté, in Greater Belo Horizonte, the presidential candidate downplayed the accusation, attributing it to the "election period" (read here"What we cannot accept is that facts are distorted because of the proximity of the election," said the politician from the PSDB party.
Yesterday, the president of the PT (Workers' Party) and member of Dilma's presidential committee, Rui Falcão, accused Aécio Neves of "using the government of Minas Gerais as an extension of his properties" and of not distinguishing between "public and private." Aécio published responses to the report on social media (read more).
Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) will investigate landings and takeoffs at the airfield.
Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) will investigate whether there are records of landings and takeoffs at the airfield built during Aécio Neves's administration in the city of Cláudio. This is because, according to the agency, there is no authorization for the use of the facility, as the runway has not yet been cleared by the regulatory body.
According to the Folha newspaper report, the airfield was built on land that once belonged to Múcio Guimarães Tolentino, Aécio's great-uncle and former mayor of the municipality of Cláudio. The article includes a statement from a cousin who claims that Aécio uses the airport every time he visits the city.
ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency) gave the Minas Gerais state government and the city hall ten days to comment on the case and will investigate whether there were clandestine operations at the site.