who is a PL parliamentarian who made the “L”

Elected in the wake of the popularity of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), federal deputy Yury do Paredão (PL-CE) went against the Liberal Party’s guidelines and runs the risk of being expelled from the party for indiscipline. The parliamentarian was photographed, last week, “making the L” alongside two ministers of the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) – Paulo Pimenta (PT), from Social Communication, and Waldez Góes (PDT), from Development Regional. The L sign with the fingers is a demonstration of support for Lula. Paredão spontaneously took leave citing personal reasons.

This Monday (18), the president of the PL, Valdemar Costa Neto, started a procedure that could expel Yury from the acronym. “I asked the PL directorate in Ceará to open the process of expulsion of federal deputy Yury do Paredão. As everything indicates, the licensed parliamentarian does not seem to share the ideals of the Liberal Party”, said Costa Neto.

Despite the threat of expulsion, deputy Yury do Paredão returned to nod to the government. He said, this Wednesday (19), that the Desenrola Brasil program, launched by the government this Monday to renegotiate debts, is an “important initiative” for the Brazilian economy. Also this week, the deputy showed solidarity with Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court, after the magistrate denounced that he was “attacked” by Brazilians at the airport in Rome, Italy.

The 34-year-old deputy who is flirting with lulopetismo is Yury Bruno Alencar Araújo. He made a career as a businessman and producer in the music industry, an activity that earned him the nickname used in the polls. His office launched, among other names, singer Jonas Esticado, also from Juazeiro do Norte, one of the main forró singers today.

Among the controversies he accumulates, Yury do Paredão even spent a week in prison in 2018, after a video, in which he appeared shooting at the ground, in the direction of an employee on a farm in Ceará, went viral on social networks. “Let’s see if he’s ticklish now”, says a voice in the background of the recording, while the employee tries to protect himself and other men laugh at the supposed prank. At the time, he was booked for illegally carrying a firearm and shooting a firearm, but the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) accepted the defense’s arguments and granted him a habeas corpus, according to the newspaper. The people at the time.

Yury was elected for the first time in 2022, with 90,425 votes from the Ceará population, being the 18th most voted among 22 elected in the state. While he was still a pre-candidate, he participated in an event of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) in Juazeiro do Norte, his hometown.

At the end of last year, already elected, Yury was involved in a new scandal. On that occasion, the Federal Police carried out ten arrest warrants and two arrest warrants against suspects of various crimes against the public administration, such as fraud in bids and money laundering.

According to the Federal Police, the crime would have occurred in contracts signed by the Municipality of Ouricuri, in Pernambuco, with service providers based in the states of Pernambuco and Ceará. One of the search and seizure warrants was served at the residence of the parliamentarian, who denied irregularities.

Yuri do Paredão withdrew support for the CPMI of 8/1 and voted in favor of the tax reform

Earlier this year, already as a deputy, Yury also waved to the Planalto Palace. While the government tried to avoid the installation of the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) of the acts of January 8, it even withdrew its signature from the application.

In addition, Yury was one of the 20 deputies from the Liberal Party who voted in favor of the Tax Reform, approved in the House on July 6, despite Bolsonaro’s opposition to the proposal.

“A victory for all! The plenary of the Chamber approved, in a second round, by a large majority, the basic text of the PEC of the tax reform. Now, we await the voting of the highlights so that the proposal goes to the Senate. that strengthen our economy and promote fiscal justice,” said the parliamentarian on Twitter.

The deputy from Ceará is currently on leave from his mandate to deal with “personal matters”. In his place, councilor Priscila Costa, his alternate, was summoned.

Party colleagues criticize Yuri do Paredão’s stance

In May, Yury had already appeared in a photo alongside Lula, during the signing event of the National Pact for the Resumption of Basic Education Works, in Crato, a city neighboring Juazeiro do Norte. He took the stage with the governor of Ceará, Elmano de Freias (PT), and the Minister of Education Camilo Santana.

PL parliamentarians criticized the parliamentarian’s stance. Deputy André Fernandes (PL-CE) was one of those who criticized the countryman. “PL deputy who poses next to the biggest thief in the history of Brazil in a photo must be immediately expelled from the party. Anyone who has ‘honor’ to receive Lula, has no honor to remain in our party”, said Fernandes.

to the newspaper The globe, Yury do Paredão said that the president of the PL, Valdemar Costa Neto, will understand the reason for his meeting with the president. “I did nothing wrong, I am a statesman politician. Valdemar is very sensible, a great understanding of politics and I think he will understand my position as a federal deputy. I wasn’t raising a flag for A or B, I was fulfilling my role of receiving the president, ”he argued.

Even expelled, Yury do Paredão can keep the mandate

According to the Federal Constitution, in its article 17, the parliamentarian can be expelled from the party in case of party infidelity – a principle that gives rise to the autonomy of the organization of political parties. However, Yury must continue with the mandate if the expulsion carried out by Valdemar is approved by the acronym.

According to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), “the action for loss of elective mandate due to party infidelity is unavoidable when the disconnection of an affiliate results from a decision to expel him from the political association to which he was linked”.

In this context, the leader of the opposition in the Chamber, the federal deputy Jordy (PL-RJ) made an appeal to the leader of the acronym for Yury not to be expelled. For the deputy, expulsion is what the coreligionist wants.

“It is obvious that we all want the traitors to be punished, but expelling the deputy is doing exactly what he wants. If he is expelled, he will carry out his mandate and will be able to join the PT or any other leftist party. What we need to do is leave him in SAL: take everything from him!” Jordy said on social media.

The report contacted deputy Yury do Paredão’s advisory and was informed that there would be no positioning at the moment.