Rodrigues represents the northern state of Roraima in the Brazilian Senate and has also held the position of Deputy Head of the Administration Agenda of the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonar, Reuters reports. It was its source that confirmed a bizarre event that took place in the country due to the investigation of embezzled money to fight the covid-19.
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A police raid on a senator’s home took place. According to the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo and its sources, he hid more than 124,000 crowns in his underwear, which led to his temporary removal from office for 90 days. The suspension was decided by the judge of the Brazilian Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso.
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“The police team own footage of the second personal search that was carried out,” the judge said in a statement on Thursday. “However, in this case, given the way in which Senator Chico Rodrigues hid the money, which was quite deep in his underwear, I will not publish these images in the report so as not to cause even more embarrassment.”
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According to AP Rodrigues, he announced his resignation as deputy president on Thursday, as he tries to prove his innocence. In his statement, he confirmed that a raid had taken place in his house, but did not provide further details. But he denied all possible transgressions and said that in his 30 years in politics he had always been pure. Despite requests, his office did not comment on the “trouser issue” disputed by the local media, Reuters writes.
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“To get an idea of how absurd the situation was, some of the banknotes were smeared with feces,” commented the conservative newspaper Revista Crusoé, which came with the information. “It was a scene of considerable embarrassment,” the letter said of the moment when the police made their finding.
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“I do not believe that there is any corruption in my government,” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was elected two years ago, said on Wednesday. From the very beginning, he has been trying to act as an anti-corruption politician, but his reputation has now suffered another blow, writes the British newspaper The Guardian.
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One of the shadows that has fallen on the president’s head is this year’s resignation of former Justice Minister Sergio Mora and his subsequent accusations that Bolsonaro was supposed to interfere in police matters. Moro used to be a very popular judge, and people knew him mainly because of his hard approach to corruption.
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Another scandal is the suspicion of his son Flávio, who was charged at the end of September with alleged embezzlement, money laundering and the operation of a criminal organization. However, Flávio and his father deny any wrongdoing.
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