Minister Paulo Guedes’ lawyer, Ticiano Figueiredo, tried to arrange a meeting with the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, this Wednesday (25). The topic was the possible dismissal of the head of the government’s economic team from testifying to the Federal Police.
The request for a meeting was released by Aras himself, in a faulty act. He posted on his WhatsApp status a message that should be sent to an assistant.
“Would it be possible to receive Paulo Guedes’ lawyer, Dr. Ticiano Figueiredo, for five minutes? Subject: possible dismissal of Paulo Guedes, with the PF, in an investigative process against Renan Calheiros, where Guedes is not a party.”
In another message, a reply: “Yes. We will speak by cell phone and adjust”.
The texts were deleted by Aras on Wednesday night, minutes after publication.
Sought, the PGR said that Aras received the request for a hearing with Guedes’ lawyer and replied that “measures would be taken to check the feasibility of a future agenda”.
Guedes was called to testify as part of an inquiry against Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) for alleged fraud in Postalis, the Post Office’s pension fund.
The investigation aimed at Calheiros originates from the award-winning collaboration agreement of a former executive of Hypermarcas, currently Hypera Pharma, signed by the PGR during the management of the then attorney general Rodrigo Janot.
The investigation was opened in 2017 and looks at the senator’s relationship with Milton Lyra, appointed by investigators as a lobbyist for MDB members at Postalis.
Guedes was summoned to testify on June 1 as a declarant, that is, not investigated.
On the 12th, the minister’s defense entered the Supreme Court with a request to prevent Guedes from having to testify.
The PGR (Attorney General’s Office) was summoned this Wednesday by Minister LuÃs Roberto Barroso, of the STF, to express himself “urgently” about the request.
In the document sent to the STF, Ticiano says that Guedes is not mentioned on any page of the case file nor was he included by the Federal Public Ministry in the list of witnesses or investigated whose testimony would be relevant for the advancement of investigations.
“The subpoena to testify before the Federal Police, even as ‘not investigated’, causes embarrassment – ​​especially in the case of the case, because it is a person of high public administration – and demands the observance of certain guidelines”, he said. the lawyer to the Supreme.
The PF, says the defense statement, did not provide information on the reason for the subpoena and did not provide a copy of the parts of the inquiry that justify the minister’s testimony.
“In other words, the petitioner is summoned to give a statement about facts that he is not aware of, without also knowing the reason for his summons.”
Sought, the lawyer Ticiano Figueiredo did not manifest.
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