former senator demóstenes torres favorite candidate mayor until disclosure of relation cachoeira.
shortly before definition of candidates mayor, on 29 february 2012, criminal offender carlinhos cachoeira, profited between 1 , 3 million reais (around 0.5 1.5 million dollars) per month through illegal jogo bicho arrested in goiânia result of monte carlo operation, led federal police (polícia federal – pf). wiretaps revealed close ties between cachoeira , then-senator demóstenes torres, democrats (democratas – dem). torres lobbied in cachoeira s behalf @ national congress. in order avoid expulsion party, torres asked disaffiliated dem. before outbreak of scandal, favorite candidate of population of goiânia mayor, 43.4% of voting intention. 2 weeks prior monte carlo operation, torres announced not run in order not undermine opposition dilma rousseff s administration in congress. torres later became second member in history of senate impeached, becoming ineligible until 2027. pre-candidate harmed relationship cachoeira alderman elias vaz, far-left socialism , liberty party (partido socialismo e liberdade – psol), had between 14% , 18% of voting intention. in 1 of wiretaps, calls cachoeira comrade . in late june, vaz announced not run mayor in order try keep seat @ municipal chamber.
in addition local , federal lawmakers, wiretaps revealed cachoeira s influence in state government of goiás. offender paid expenses of marconi perillo s gubernatorial campaign , bought house belonged latter (the same place arrested pf), arranging purchase money delivered @ emerald palace (palácio das esmeraldas), seat of state government. there evidence eliane pinheiro, former chief of staff governor, has delivered classified information cachoeira s group , edivaldo cardoso de paula, former president of state traffic department of goiás (departamento estadual de trânsito – detran-go), nominated position @ cachoeira s request. after media disclosed ties between perillo , cachoeira, governor faced several protests in streets of goiânia , reached high levels of unpopularity, facing disapproval rating of 74.4% in goiânia on late july. according serpes institute, 26% of voters consider scandal when choosing mayoral candidate.
federal deputy, jovair arantes, of brazilian labour party (partido trabalhista brasileiro – ptb), cited members of cachoeira s group in wiretaps, chosen candidate of marconists , had highest rejection rate throughout campaign. when asked press relationship cachoeira, arantes replied: asked donation campaign; if has committed crime, s not of business . cornered accusations, marconists reacted. launched investigative committee @ legislative assembly (assembleia legislativa de goiás – alego) in order investigate relations between municipal politicians , offender. approved disclosing banking, income tax , telephone data of mayor garcia , former mayor rezende, while refused summon both perillo , cachoeira. according political analyst vassil oliveira, strategy use investigative committee wear out paulo and, thus, consolidate arantes. nevertheless, garcia , rezende filed collective lawsuit against alego; claimed not compete assembly investigation of contracts not funded state of goiás. week after election, judge luis eduardo de souza granted injunction overturning alego s intention of disclosing personal data of both garcia , rezende.
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