Former director general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Alexandre Ramagem.| Photo: Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil

The Public Security Commission of the Senate approved this Tuesday (21) an invitation to the former general director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ), to explain the alleged use of a security monitoring system organ location. After leaving the Bolsonaro government, Ramagem was elected federal deputy.

The request was made by Senator Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO), reported Agência Senado. For Kajuru, the repercussion in the press that Abin would have used the FirstMile tool, designed to track the location of Brazilians through mobile phone data, deserves clarification.

Last week, the newspaper O Globo revealed that the alleged irregularities would have occurred between 2019 and 2021, when Abin was linked to the Institutional Security Office (GSI), then commanded by General Augusto Heleno. After the complaint, the Federal Police opened an investigation to investigate the case.

“The indiscriminate use of this tool raised questions from members of Abin itself, since people would have been monitored without official registration and justification, that is, the surveys were carried out without proper control”, said the senator in the application.

Only senators Sergio Moro (União Brasil-PR) and Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS) voted against the invitation, on the grounds that confidential information could be revealed at the meeting. The invitation date has not been confirmed. It will be officialized by the president of the CSP, senator Sérgio Petecão (PSD-AC).