PT and PSOL join forces in action at the Attorney General's Office in defense of Salles' impeachment.

PT - The PT leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Enio Verri (PR), announced today (1st) that the caucus has joined a PSOL action with the Attorney General's Office (PGR) to remove the Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles, from office due to his damaging actions at the head of the Ministry. similar action It was also filed by the PT caucus last week with the Attorney General's Office. The central argument of both parties is the minister's statement in a video of the ministerial meeting on April 22nd.

At the time, Salles suggested that the government should take advantage of the opportunity and "push through the cattle and change all the regulations and simplify environmental rules," since the press was only talking about the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to being harmful to the environment, parliamentarians from both parties claim that the minister offended constitutional principles with his statement.

A global disgrace.

According to Enio Verri, Ricardo Salles is a kind of anti-environment minister, as he has acted against nature since taking office in Jair Bolsonaro's government. "His role should be to preserve and fight for environmental issues, but he does the opposite, as he made clear in the ministerial meeting on the 22nd; he shames the Brazilian nation, doing anything to favor deforesters and speculators who criminally appropriate national wealth."

According to the leader, Salles should be removed from office quickly because, in addition to acting criminally against Brazil, he also committed a crime against humanity, since "environmental defense is the obligation of the entire planet." Enio Verri also noted that, in addition to the minister, the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro should also be removed from office, as he has already committed dozens of crimes of responsibility. "Impeachment now," said the parliamentarian.

Crime of responsibility

In the lawsuit, PSOL argues that the minister should be held accountable for his actions, and adds that Salles should be removed from office due to the "risk" his continued presence represents to the environmental monitoring and protection system. The parliamentarians allege that Salles revealed harmful conduct towards the environment by violating the constitutional principles governing public administration through statements made at the ministerial meeting.

In the action taken by the PT (Workers' Party) caucus and sent to the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Arias, on the 26th of last month, the PT parliamentarians denounce Salles for a crime of responsibility established in Law No. 1.079 of 1950. According to the PT parliamentarians, Minister Ricardo Salles's statement during the ministerial meeting on April 22nd, widely publicized by the media, constitutes a confession that amounts to a crime of responsibility.