Pacheco asks Moraes for information about the “parallel Abin” investigation

This Wednesday (31), the president of the National Congress, senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), sent a request for information to the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, about the investigation into the alleged illegal monitoring of authorities from the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin).

In the request, Pacheco asks Moraes to inform “about the existence of signs of illegal monitoring of Federal Deputies and Senators of the Republic, with their proper identification, and, without prejudice to the continuity of the investigations, which are being carried out under secrecy, to obtain information related to the procedure adopted by those investigated and the extent and content of information related to parliamentarians, so that the institutional measures relevant to the National Congress are adopted”.

Last week, federal deputy Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ) had his office in the Chamber and his functional apartment visited by the Federal Police (PF) during the execution of a search and seizure warrant as part of the Close Surveillance operation.

Also the target of the same investigation, the former minister of the Institutional Security Office (GSI) during the Bolsonaro government, General Augusto Heleno, was summoned by the Federal Police (PF) to testify next week. During the Bolsonaro government, Abin was subordinate to the GSI.

Earlier this week, councilor Carlos Bolsonaro (Republicanos-RJ) was the target of a search and seizure for alleged involvement with the “parallel Abin”.

This Wednesday, the opposition leader in the National Congress, senator Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), demanded a clear position from Pacheco on the PF’s successive operations against opposition parliamentarians.

The charge came after deputies Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ) and Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ) were targets of investigations and execution of search and seizure warrants in their respective offices in the Chamber.

The investigation targeting Carlos Jordy, leader of the opposition in the Chamber, points to alleged participation in the organization of truck drivers’ protests after the second round of the 2022 presidential election, which culminated in the acts of January 8, 2023. For Marinho, the Circumstantial evidence is “extremely fragile”, highlighting the need for factual evidence before accusing someone.