PT wants to include Roberto Gurgel in the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry).
The party questions why the Attorney General did not take action against illegal gambling and the corruption scandal revealed by Operation Vega, conducted by the Federal Police in 2007.
247 - Attorney General Roberto Gurgel is one of the most desired targets of government parliamentarians excited about the creation of the Cachoeira CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry). According to Cláudio Humberto's column this Monday, they plan to confront Gurgel with the suspicion of not taking action against illegal gambling and the corruption scandal revealed by Operation Vega, of the Federal Police, in 2007, involving authorities and even the alleged purchase of sentences. According to leaders, the PT (Workers' Party) is also eager to question Gurgel, in the CPI, about why he did not act when he learned that the investigation against the illegal gambling operator Carlos Cachoeira had "caught" Senator Demóstenes Torres (GO). Despite the PT's suspicions, Gurgel has always maintained that he has never failed to fulfill his obligations.
Wiretaps from an older Federal Police operation revealed that Demóstenes asked the racketeer to pay for his air taxi expenses and leaked official information to him. Despite receiving the recordings in 2009, the Attorney General of the Republic took no action, arguing that he was awaiting the conclusion of parallel investigations. The PT leader in the Senate, Walter Pinheiro (PT), said that forwarding a complaint to the Supreme Court would make it possible to clarify whether Gurgel's delay was "a normal part of the process or prevarication."