CPI of NGOs will hear Marina Silva, Ricardo Salles and former presidents of Ibama and Funai

The members of the CPI that investigates non-governmental organizations unanimously approved, this Tuesday morning (20), 37 requests to hear people linked to the environmental area of ​​the current and previous government, in addition to requests for information from public bodies.

Among the authorities who should be heard by senators are Minister Marina Silva, of the Environment; Rodrigo Agostinho, president of Ibama; and Luiz Fernando Corrêa, general director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin).

Also among those invited to provide information are former ministers Ricardo Salles, of the Environment, and Augusto Heleno, of the Institutional Security Office (GSI), both from the government of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL). In all, there are 24 invitations to hearings.

According to the chairman of the commission, senator Plinio Valério (PSDB-AM), the approval of all requests is to not “discriminate any” deputy, in reference to what he claims to have happened at the CPMI on January 8, in which parliamentarians did not approved invitations to people linked to the government, such as Minister Flávio Dino, of Justice, and former Minister Gonçalves Dias, of the GSI.

“Those who will be called here will even be able to lie if they want to. And we’re going to prove it with what we have to confront. And confronting, the truth appears”, said Valério.

Still according to the senator, one of the objectives of the CPI is “to call the attention of Brazilians to understand and understand what the Amazon is and what these people do that are bad for the Amazon and for our people”.

Plínio Valério also said that at the end of the CPI, bills will be presented that make transparent the use of resources that enter and leave the actions promoted by the organizations.

The parliamentary commission of inquiry was set up on June 14 to investigate the use of funds from the federal government or received from abroad by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations of public interest (Oscips).