Game Manipulation CPI marks testimonies from president and attorney general of the STJD

A CPI for Manipulation of Games and Sports Betting of the Federal Senate scheduled the testimonies of José Perdiz It is Ronaldo Piacenterespectively president and attorney general of the STJD.

The senators promise to question them about the reasons why the body did not take forward the complaints made by John Textor. The owner of SAF do Botafogo asked for an investigation to be opened, which was quickly shelved.

During John Textor’s testimony to the CPI, on April 22, senator Carlos Portinho (PL-RJ) criticized the STJD’s decision not to take the North American businessman’s complaints seriously.

– It amazes me how the CBF, which is most responsible for the integrity of football in Brazil, did not go deeper. How come the STJD, which has excellent lawyers hired as auditors, didn’t go deeper into this? There are technical elements, there is content, there are reasons to investigate – said Portinho.

The CPI will not have sessions next week due to President Romário’s (PL-RJ) trip to Curaçao, where he will compete in the Master’s World Cup. The next meeting will be on May 13th, with the plan to hear, in a secret session, former referee Glauber do Amaral Cunha.

Also testifying in the coming weeks will be Hélio Santos Menezes Júnior, CBF integrity officer, Wilson Luiz Seneme, president of the CBF arbitration commission, and the presidents of Palmeiras and São Paulo, Leila Pereira and Julio Casares.