Dias highlights the importance of the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) in combating corruption.
A senator from the PSDB-PR party says that President Dilma Rousseff is trying to limit or discredit the actions of the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts), a practice that allegedly also occurred during Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's two terms as President of the Republic; he is referring to the government's reaction to the agency's decision to halt projects suspected of irregularities.
The Senate Agency - In a speech this Monday (11), Senator Alvaro Dias (PSDB-PR) highlighted the importance of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) in the fight against corruption. The senator said that corruption causes losses of billions of reais to public coffers. Estimates range between R$ 80 billion and R$ 500 billion in annual losses due to corrupt practices, pointed out the representative from Paraná.
"What would become of Brazil without the Federal Court of Accounts, without this competent oversight, evidently limited due to the scarcity of instruments, including a reduced staff, which has contributed extraordinarily to inhibiting the process of corruption in the Brazilian public administration?" the senator questioned.
Alvaro Dias said that the current president, Dilma Rousseff, is trying to limit or discredit the actions of the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts), a practice that allegedly also occurred during Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's two terms as President of the Republic.
According to the senator, President Dilma recently stated that it is "absurd to paralyze a construction project," as this delay would cause economic harm to the country. Earlier this month, the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) recommended halting seven projects spearheaded by the federal government that showed signs of irregularities.
"The president doesn't ask who will pay the cost of corruption, of theft, of this repeated assault on public coffers in Brazil, given the complacency, leniency, and complicity of the government," said the senator.
Alvaro Dias explained that the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) detected irregularities in 136 projects, but seven showed signs of "serious irregularities." According to the senator, it is unacceptable for the president to call the halting of these projects absurd.
- To reprimand the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts) at a time when it is exercising its constitutional role is a contradiction. The Federal Court of Accounts is merely fulfilling its constitutional role. We should praise the role played by the Court of Accounts, notably the technical qualifications of its staff – stated Alvaro Dias before reading, in full, the TCU's clarification note alluding to the President of the Republic's criticisms.