CPT of Transport continues investigation in Curitiba.
The CPI has three days of testimonies scheduled for this week, set for Wednesday (18), Thursday (19) and Friday (20); those summoned will provide clarifications on the indications of fraud in the public transport tender notice.
Curitiba City Council - The City Council's Public Transportation CPI has three days of testimonies scheduled for this week. On Wednesday (18), at 18 pm, in the House's plenary, the testimony of the CEO of Dataprom, Alberto Mauad Abujamra, will be taken. He missed the hearing scheduled for last Thursday (12), claiming that he was on absolute rest on medical advice.
Dataprom's legal department sent a document to the CPI stating that Abujamra underwent a surgical procedure on September 9th and that, on the recommendation of the dentist who operated on him, the director should remain at rest until the following Tuesday, September 17th.
On Thursday (19), at 9 am, the CPI will hear the former president of Urbanization of Curitiba (Urbs), Marcos Valente Isfer. On Friday (20), it will be the turn of the former director of Transportation at Urbs, Fernando Ghignone. Both meetings will also take place in the plenary of the Curitiba City Council.
Those summoned will provide clarifications regarding the evidence of fraud in the public transportation bidding process raised by the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) since the beginning of the investigations. "From now on, we will hold extraordinary meetings precisely to hear from all the people involved. We still have 17 witnesses to hear from," explained the president of the commission, Jorge Bernardi (PDT).
According to the president, after two months of investigations, the Transportation CPI has already managed to clarify important points related to the profits of public transportation companies and the collection of the Service Tax (ISS).
Research lines
With the goal of trying to lower fares, the Public Transportation Parliamentary Inquiry Commission is focused on four pillars of investigation. One of them is the alleged excessive profit of the companies, which, according to Bernardi, should exceed R$ 100 million. The second is the bidding process, with indications of irregularities. There is suspicion among the members of the commission that benefits were granted to companies that were already in the system.
The tariff structure is also being investigated. "There is suspicion of overbilling in the turnstile maintenance process, as admitted by Dataprom," added the CPI chairman. The fourth line of investigation concerns the suspected failure to collect the Service Tax (ISS) from the companies in the system.
The committee has Serginho do Posto (PSDB) as vice-president and Valdemir Soares (PRB) as vice-rapporteur. The CPI also includes councilors Chicarelli (PSDC), Chico do Uberaba (PMN), Cristiano Santos (PV), Geovane Fernandes (PTB), Mauro Ignacio (PSB), Noemia Rocha (PMDB), Paulo Rink (PPS) and Tiago Gevert (PSC).