The rapporteur at the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) votes to uphold the removal of Paulo Dantas, governor of Alagoas.
In her vote, the minister argued that the removal is necessary to stop the activities of the criminal organization under investigation and also to prevent interference in the investigation.
247 - Minister Laurita Vaz, rapporteur of the inquiry against Governor Paulo Dantas (MDB-AL) at the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), voted in favor of maintaining the removal of the head of the Alagoas Executive this Thursday (13), reports the G1 portal.
Laurita is the first to vote in the Special Court, which includes the 15 most senior ministers of the STJ. The other 14 members will decide later today whether to uphold or overturn the individual decision of the rapporteur, who, in a monocratic decision, had determined, on Tuesday (11), Dantas's removal from office for 180 days at the request of the Federal Police (PF).
In her ruling, the minister argued that the removal from office is necessary to stop the activities of the criminal organization under investigation and also to prevent interference in the investigation. The inquiry is investigating suspicions that Dantas employed ghost employees in his office when he served as a state representative.
Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) points to political persecution, given that the governor is the favorite to win the election in the state against Rodrigo Cunha (União Brasil), who is supported by the Bolsonaro-aligned federal deputy Arthur Lira (PP-AL), president of the Chamber of Deputies.
"The persecution of Governor Paulo Dantas" dates back to 2017"It's a state matter. It ended up in the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) due to a scheme by Lira, and there it wandered through various offices until it fell into the right hands of the Bolsonaro-supporting minister Laurita Vaz, who has no jurisdiction over the case," Calheiros wrote on his Twitter on Tuesday.
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