<img src = "https://abrilexame.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/anthony -garotinho-original23.jpeg "clbad =" abril-image optimized lazyload "abril-data-id =" 3019479 "sizes =" (min-width: 991px) 680px, (max-width: 420px) 420px, (max-width : 360px) 360px, "srcset =" https://abrilexame.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/anthony-garotinho-original23.jpeg?quality=70&strip=info&resize=680,453 680w, https: //abrilexame.files. wordpress.com/2017/09/anthony-garotinho-original23.jpeg?quality=70&strip=all&resize=420,280 420w, https://abrilexame.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/anthony-garotinho-original23.jpeg?quality = 70 = al & strip 360ft = 360,240 360w, "alt =" Anthony Garotinho: He is accused of having participated in a ploy a criminal offense that embezzled $ 234.4 million from the Department of Health from 2005 to 2006 (Leonardo Prado / Agencia Câmara / Agência Câmara)
The 6th Parquet of the Joint Supervisory of the Citizenship of the Capital, Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ), obtained in court, in the second instance, the condemnation of the former governor of Rio de Janeiro Anthony Garotinho for administrative improbity.
In the lawsuit, Garotinho is accused by the MPRJ of participating in a criminal regime that embezzled $ 234.4 million from the Secretary of State for Health and in the period from 2005 to 2006. At that time , the state was ruled by the wife of politician, Rosinha Matheus, and Garotinho was his secretary of state government.
According to the decision, the waiver was confirmed, with the Pró-Cefet Foundation's unlawful contract for the management of the "Health in Motion" project, which cost the public funds $ 234 million. According to the Court, the contract was only possible because, as Secretary of the Government, Garotinho interceded to have the contract with the Foundation of Public Service Schools (FESP), which was administering the project, opened the way to the fraudulent agreement with According to the Ministry of Justice, the former governor acted under Article 10, paragraphs I, VIII and XII, which consist of facilitating, from whatever in any way, the incorporation into private badets of individuals or legal persons, of sums or values which form part of the property of the direct, indirect or fundamental administration of any of the Powers, undue exemption to bid and facilitate the abusive enrichment of this third party.
Defense
In his defense, former Gov. Anthony Garotinho said in a statement that "this action for irregularity was started almost 10 years ago, and that it concerns the l & # 39; 39, year 2006, when she would have challenged the presidential election asil ". Garotinho says that, "in any case, it must be clear that this unfair sentence does not imply in my ineligibility."
Garotinho also said in the note that "at the beginning, this action was tried at this time without I did not even have a lawyer constituted in the process, who demonstrates an unjustified haste and a clear defense. "
The former governor claims that he has committed" no act of impropriety, and this conviction occurs without any evidence, "
The former governor states in his defense that "the Clean Sheet Act is very clear in anticipating that only the candidates who have been elected will be ineligible, condemned by a collegial body because of illicit enrichment, which is n? is not and has never been my case Even the sentence acknowledges that I have not enriched myself at all. "
Garotinho stresses that" in all other cases, the conviction for impropriety can not be justified. " After the exhaustion of all the resources, and be sure that I will call on the last example to prove that it is another injustice. "