CPI approves summons of former referee suspected of charging bribes after interfering in Carioca game

The CPI for the Manipulation of Games and Sports Betting approved the summoning of the former referee Glauber do Amaral Cunha, suspected of charging bribes for alleged interference in the result of a match in the third division of the Campeonato Carioca, so that he can provide ‘information on suspected manipulation’. The information is from the newspaper The globe.

The date for Glauber to be heard has not yet been set. His participation, mandatory, will be in an open session. The commission also approved invitations to hear the arbitrators Raphael Claus and Daiane Muniz, offended by Vasco coach, Ramón Diaz, in the first round of the 2024 Brazilian Championship.

The invitations for the arbitrators to be heard were presented by the president of the CPI, senator Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO). The parliamentarian states that Raphael and Daiane were selected together for 11 games among the 38 rounds of the 2023 Brasileirão.

According to the understanding of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), witnesses summoned for clarification in CPIs are obliged to appear, with the possibility of remaining silent.

For guests, participation is optional. Those under investigation have the right not to appear before the commission.

Next Friday, the 29th, parliamentarians will hear from Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Hélio Santos Menezes Junior, CBF Director of Governance and Compliance, and Eduardo Gussem, CBF Integrity Officer.

See other guests invited by the CPI for Manipulation of Games and Sports Betting:

• Thairo Arruda, CEO of Botafogo;
• Wilson Luiz Seneme, President of the CBF Arbitration Commission;
• Felippe Marchetti, representative of the company SportRadar AG;
• Tiago Horta Barbosa, Head of Integrity for Latin America at Genius Sports;
• Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, President of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance – SIGA Latin America;
• José Perdiz de Jesus, President of the Superior Court of Sports Justice – STJD;
• Régis Anderson Dudena, Secretary of Prizes and Bets at the Ministry of Finance;
• Ronaldo Botelho Piacente, Attorney General of the Superior Court of Sports Justice.

Source: Redação Terra