Examination of 2014 government accounts sparks controversy
Attorney-General Luís Inácio Adams criticized Sunday (Oct. 4) Minister Augusto Nardes—head of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) and rapporteur for the case on the federal government's 2014 accounts—claiming the latter told the media he would back the rejection of President Dilma Rousseff's government accounts.
Adams announced that the Attorney-General's Office (AGU) is expected to submit Monday (5) to the chief of the TCU a motion against Nardes in a bid to have him dismissed from the case for having disclosed his vote ahead of time. The decision will be made by the court in a plenary session.
“As per the Organic Law of Magistrates, the magistrate is banned from uttering any opinion regarding the pending case. Not only does he [Nardes] mention the case, he goes on to say what he's going to do,” Adams told the press at the AGU headquarters, in the presence of Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo, and Nelson Barbosa, Minister of Planning, Budget, and Management.
Cardozo said the government has no intention of putting off the examination of the accounts, scheduled for Wednesday (7), but rather of ensuring law enforcement. In his view, rapporteur Nardes infringed the law. Both Cardozo and Barbosa reiterated there are no legal reasons to reject the accounts, as, they say, “all government operations were carried out according to the law.”
In a note released Sunday evening (4), Minister Augusto Nardes condemns the statements made by Adams, arguing he “did not disclose his final decision on the examination of the accounts,” but merely made available Thursday (1) “case proceedings and excerpts from the other ministers' tentative opinion, since TCU bylaws require such documents to be distributed to his peers up to five days before the date fixed for the session.”
Translated by Fabrício Ferreira
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