Silvio Costa defends lifting confidentiality before summons.
A federal deputy argues that the bank and telephone records of those primarily involved in the Cachoeira scandal should be waived before they are summoned to testify, a measure that, according to him, would prevent actions like that of Demóstenes, who refused to speak before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry.
Leonardo Lucena _PE247 – “The "protagonist" of the last session of the Cachoeira Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, when he spoke out in protest against the silence of Senator Demóstenes Torres (independent – GO), federal deputy Silvio Costa (PTB-PE) advocated for a significant change in the rules of the investigation process. According to the congressman, those summoned should only testify before the commission after their bank and telephone records have been released. The PTB member
"What should happen, initially, is the lifting of confidentiality regarding the main individuals involved in the case and, secondly, their summons to explain themselves before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry. This would allow the commission's investigations to proceed more smoothly," the federal deputy assured.
Silvio Costa's proposal is a repercussion of statements made by Senator Humberto Costa (PT-PE), rapporteur of the process investigating Demóstenes Torres's connections with Carlinhos Cachoeira in the Senate Ethics Committee, who advocated for changes in the way the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) is being conducted. The PT member stated that the time has come for the National Congress to discuss modifications, probably through a bill, in order to prevent those summoned to testify from refusing to speak during the hearing.
Congressman Silvio also said that he always advocated for first questioning "people from the periphery" involved in the scheme led by Carlinhos Cachoeira, before beginning to question the so-called "big shots." According to the PTB member, this would make the investigations more efficient. "I was the first parliamentarian to advocate that 'people from the periphery' be called first, like Dadá and Cachoeira's ex-wife, for example. Later, we would call the main people involved in the case," he explained.
Due to the repercussions of his outburst at the last CPMI session, Costa said he wanted to make it clear that he was not rude to former Senator Demóstenes Torres. "He was within his rights to exercise his constitutional prerogative not to speak. I wasn't rude to him. But he was a person who deceived Goiás and Brazil for more than ten years," he concluded.