The Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, asked today (28) dismissal from office. The dismissal took place at his request and was published in the Official Diary of the Union (DOU).
Last week, the Federal Police (PF) opened an investigation to investigate the minister. The measure was authorized by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Cármen Lúcia.
The investigation was opened after the publication of articles in the press about alleged favoring the release of resources from the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE), an agency linked to the Ministry of Education.
At Mondayon Friday (21), a report from the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo released an audio in which Milton Ribeiro says he favors, at the request of President Jair Bolsonaro, city halls of municipalities linked to two pastors.
In another investigation, the PF also investigates the alleged irregularities. Last week, the police received a report from the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU). According to the agency, the facts have been investigated since last year, before the recording was released.
The complaints were received by the CGU on the day August 27 2021 and deal with possible irregularities that would be occurring in events held by the Ministry of Education (MEC) and on the offering of undue advantage, by third parties, for the release of funds from the fund. The calculation took place between the days September 29 from 2021 and 3 of sea2022.
The agency concluded that public agents were not involved in the alleged irregularities and sent the case to the PF, which opened a criminal investigation.
The case is also in the civil sphere by the Attorney General’s Office in the Federal District. The Federal Audit Court (TCU) will also carry out an extraordinary inspection of the Ministry of Education.
After the disclosure of the case, in a note released to the press, the then minister Milton Ribeiro said that there was no type of favoring in the distribution of funds from the portfolio. According to Ribeiro, the allocation of federal resources follows the budget legislation.
“There is no possibility for the minister to determine the allocation of resources to favor or disadvantage any municipality or state,” he said.
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In a note published on social media, the Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, stated that he did not commit illegal acts. “I am fully convinced that I have never practiced any management act that was not guided by legality, probity and commitment to the treasury. Suspicions that irregular acts were committed must be investigated in depth”, highlighted the minister.
“I decided to ask President Bolsonaro to resign from the position of minister so that there is no uncertainty about my conduct and that of the federal government. .
