The Federal Police (PF) carried out searches and seized documents and equipment in the office of Amapá state deputy, Jory Oeiras (PP), this morning (14). The parliamentary campaign committee – re-elected on the 2nd – and the residence of a parliamentary adviser suspected of participating in an alleged fraudulent electoral scheme were also targets of police searches and seizures.
The three judicial warrants were issued by the Regional Electoral Court of Amapá (TRE-AP) and fulfilled within the scope of Operation Maquilagem, which the PF launched in the early hours of the day to deepen investigations into alleged crimes of vote buying, criminal association, falsehood electoral ideology and embezzlement.
According to the PF, a parliamentary aide convinced a military policewoman to run for the position of state deputy in exchange for a series of personal advantages, such as a 90-day paid layoff from her duties in the PM; a job in the Legislative Assembly if the candidate was not elected and access to a share of the party fund equivalent to R$ 30 thousand.
According to the PF, the candidacy of the policewoman, whose name was not disclosed, would only have the objective of circumventing the legal requirement that parties register at least 30% of women among their candidates for elective positions, as established by the Federal Police. Law on Elections (Law No. 9,504/97).
The PF reported that it had identified indications that those investigated planned to defraud the rendering of campaign accounts to mask spending on orange candidacies and, thus, divert part of the party fund’s resources for other purposes.
On social media, the deputy released a note in which he confirms that he was the target of the PF’s action and informs that he will manifest himself “in due course”, as soon as he becomes aware, “officially”, of the investigated facts.
When consulted, the Board of Directors of the Legislative Assembly of Amapá did not comment. Oeiras is the third secretary of the House.
If the suspicions are proven, those investigated could be sentenced to sentences that, together, can reach 27 years in prison.
THE Brazil Agency could not get in touch with deputy Jory Oeiras and his lawyers.
