Opposition prevented from inspecting Lobão's property.
Members of Parliament belonging to the opposition bloc were prevented by the State Health Secretary from inspecting the residential building of the Sarney oligarchy candidate, Edinho Lobão (PMDB), on Avenida São Luís Rei de França. The building, contracted by the Maranhão government for R$ 360 per year, was intended to be an oncology treatment center; however, the government is paying for a service that does not exist. The deputies announced they will file a class action lawsuit to cancel the contract signed between the PMDB candidate and the government of his party colleague, Rosena Sarney.
Jorge Vieira's Blog - Members of Parliament who are part of the opposition bloc were prevented by the State Health Secretary, this Monday morning (14), from inspecting the residential building of the Sarney family candidate, Edinho Lobão, on Avenida São Luís Rei de França, contracted by the government of Maranhão, at the cost of R$ 360 thousand/year, to be an oncology treatment center. It turns out that the government is paying for a service that does not exist.
According to information provided by the security guard from VIP Vigilância, the company responsible for the property's security, to deputies Simplício Araújo (SDD), Marcelo Tavares (PSB), Bira do Pindaré (PSB), Rubens Júnior (PCdoB), and Othelino Neto (PCdoB), no patients have ever been treated at the location, and the work to install telephones and air conditioning only began two weeks ago.
Even though it is not functioning and is practically abandoned, the government of Maranhão has been paying candidate Edinho Lobão R$ 30 per month since February of this year, that is, paying for a service that never existed, and Edinho Lobão is threatening to sue deputy Simplício Araújo, who challenged his candidacy, for alleged bad faith litigation.
According to opposition leader, Representative Rubens Júnior, the mere fact that they obstructed the work of parliamentarians at the site, where they were informed that no hospital or anything similar had ever operated there, is further evidence of fraud. "If they prevent us from entering the site, it's because they have something to hide," Júnior warns.
"There is a suspicious situation here involving a candidate for Governor of the State. A Senator cannot contract with the State, and what we are seeing here is that one of his companies was hired for work that it does not perform, but has been receiving payments for more than five months," observes Bira do Pindaré.
Due to the obstruction of parliamentary work, the five deputies announced that they will take legal action. The first of these, a complaint to the Public Prosecutor's Office, will be filed in the coming hours. They also stated that they will file a class action lawsuit to cancel the contract signed between the Roseana government and candidate Edinho Lobão.