Weverton Rocha

Weverton Rocha
Senator for Maranhão
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 February 2019
Federal Deputy for Maranhão
In office
4 October 2011 – 31 January 2019
Personal details
Born
Weverton Rocha Marques de Sousa

(1979-10-08) 8 October 1979 (age 45)
Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
Political partyPDT (1995–present)
SpouseSamya Bernardes
Alma materFaculdade São Luís

Weverton Rocha Marques de Sousa, more well known as simply Weverton (born 8 October 1979)[1] is a Brazilian politician who is currently a senator from the state of Maranhão. He has been a long-time member of the Democratic Labour Party (PDT).[2]

Biography

He was the special assessor for the city of São Luís between 2000 and 2006. During the state elections in 2006, he had been committed to the victory of Jackson Lago, who won against Roseana Sarney. The win was considered a historic result as Lago was the first candidate to win that was not connected to Roseana or her father, former president José Sarney, in several decades. He was the State Secretary of Sport and Youth of Maranhão in 2007.[3]

In 2009, when Jackson Lago was removed from office by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court and the Supreme Federal Court decided to instate election runner-up Roseana Sarney, Weverton remained on Jackson's side at the Palácio dos Leões,[4] the seat of government, until the final decision about his mandate in a move of resistance that referred to itself as Balaiada, a reference to a people's revolt in the 19th century against the monopoly of landowners. He also updated to the Ministry of Labor and Employment, in 2009, and invited by the national president of the PDT, Carlos Lupi, to integrate his team as a special assessor. Weverton is a member of the national executive council of the PDT and presides over its state party in Maranhão.

In 2010, he became a candidate for federal deputy and obtained 47,130 votes, becoming a substitute for the PDT. He was nominated to be secretary-general of the PDT, but returned to be a special assessor. In 2011, he assumed office in the federal chamber as a substitute, and after the election of Edivaldo Holanda Júnior as mayor of São Luís in 2012, he began serving as federal deputy. He was reelected in 2014 with more than 81,000 votes.

In January 2016, he was elected the PDT's leader in the Chamber of Deputies[5] and was reappointed leader in 2017. As leader, in April 2016, he voted against the commencement of impeachment hearings against Dilma Rousseff. He also was against the approval of the Constitutional Amendment of the Public Expenditure Cap.[6]

Weverton was, during this time period, the minority leader in the chamber, at that time made up of the PDT, PSB, PT, PCdoB and PSOL. He positioned himself as being against the 2017 labor reforms put forth by the Temer government, due to the pro-labor stances of the PDT.[7] Weverton had been the author of 283 propositions[8] during his time in the Chamber of Deputies.

Weverton introduced various amendments to social security reforms,[9] among them to maintain the current rules for retirement for rural laborers and their families, which would stipulate to have proven 15 years of effective individual contributions in taxes. This is compared to the rules at the time that stipulated 15 collective years of field work. His proposals also would have maintained the reduced retirement time for teachers. In June 2018, he voted against government reforms to liberalize gun laws to more freely allow the carrying and possession of firearms in Brazil.[10]

In 2018, he was elected a federal senator from Maranhão with 34.91% of the vote, amounting to 1,997,443 votes. He received the largest number of votes for senator in the history of Maranhão up to that point. He was a candidate for the gubernatorial race in Maranhão during the 2022 general elections obtaining 714,352 votes (or 20.71% of the votes), landing in third place behind eventual winner Carlos Brandão and Lahesio Bonfim.[11]

Controversies

Changes to anti-corruption project

Weverton had introduced the main emphasis to the projects surrounding the law that outlined the 10 measures against corruption, which added that magistrates and members of the Public Ministry respond to crimes of abuse of authority when they acted with conduct incompatible to their position.[12] This emphasis, the most controversial of all changes made, and was considered by some an attempt to intimidate the prosecutors of Operation Car Wash,[13] was approved with 313 votes in favor, 132 against the measure, and 5 that were absent. He affirmed that judges and promoters that commit arbitrary and illegal actions would receive as punishment reductions in their pensions to a pension comparable to those with median salaries.[12]

Investigations

Weverton has been investigated for embezzlement and corruption, for his supposed involvement with the funneling of funds from the Labor ministry by way of irregular contracting with NGOs.[14] He was also accused of allegedly committing crimes against government procurement agencies when he had been the state Sports Secretary in Maranhão, as he had allegedly favored one company for renovations made to a gymnasium, and had been given funds in an unduly fashion.[14] In an interview to the local press, meanwhile, the person that succeeded him as secretary had declared that the decision to eventually stop the project was political in nature.

Administrative impropriety

He is also being investigated in three separate lawsuits for administrative impropriety, made by prosecutors at the federal level and in Maranhão, one in which he had supposedly been the beneficiary of the usage of private jets paid for by public entities in the Labor Ministry during the time in which he was secretary.[14] He was not named a defendant in any of these suits because the judicial process had not started.

Influence on local media

Since March 2016, Weverton has leased out the Sistema Difusora de Comunicação conglomerate, specifically Rede Difusora, Difusora FM, and the website MA10.[15][16] He has nominated journalist and publisher Zeca Pinheiro to his administrative board.[17] He has used the media platforms he has leased out to as a venue to showcase his actions during his time as federal deputy,[18][19] as well as to the benefit of politicians he has aligned himself with, such as former São Luís mayor Edivaldo Holanda Júnior.[20] The financial transactions referring to the leasing out of these companies, as well as a possible selling of the conglomerate, have been intermediated by businessman Willer Tomaz de Souza, who had been imprisoned due to being implicated in Operation Car Wash on 18 May 2017.[21] Weverton had also acquired, in April 2018, the Sinal Verde System of Communication, based in Caxias, that also includes TV Sinal Verde and Sinal Verde FM.[22] The number of companies leased in whole or in part out by public office holders are prohibited by the Brazilian Code of Telecommunications[23] and by the Brazilian Constitution.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Deputado WEVERTON ROCHA". Câmara dos Deputados. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Definida a equipe de governo de Jackson Lago - Imirante.com". imirante.com. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Jackson Lago decide sair do Palácio dos Leões". Congresso em Foco.
  5. ^ "Weverton Rocha é o novo líder do PDT na Câmara | pdtnacamara2015". www.pdtnacamara.com.br. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Saiba como cada deputado votou em relação à PEC do teto de gastos". Política. 10 October 2016.
  7. ^ Antonio, José. "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". CartaCapital.
  8. ^ "Resultado da pesquisa Projeto de Lei e Outras Proposições". www.camara.gov.br. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Deputados têm até hoje para apresentar emendas à reforma da Previdência - Notícias - UOL Economia". UOL Economia.
  10. ^ "Veja como votou cada senador sobre decretos de porte e posse de armas". Politica (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Tempo. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Carlos Brandão, do PSB, é reeleito governador do Maranhão". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Câmara aprova julgar juízes e promotores por abuso de autoridade". Política. Valor Econômico. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Responsabilidade de promotores e juízes é ponto mais polêmico da votação". Câmara Notícias. Congresso Nacional. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "Autor de emenda que desfigurou '10 medidas' é investigado por corrupção". Brasil. O Globo. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  15. ^ Soares, Zeca (28 March 2018). "Weverton Rocha diz que Difusora não define horário". O Estado do Maranhão. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  16. ^ Almeida, Pedro de (19 May 2018). "Família Lobão pode voltar a ter controle da TV Difusora". O Imparcial. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  17. ^ Corrêa, Clodoaldo (12 March 2016). "Zeca Pinheiro é o novo superintendente geral do Sistema Difusora". Política e atualidades. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Difusora reprisa participação de Weverton Rocha na TV Câmara". YouTube. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  19. ^ Lobato, Elvira (28 July 2018). "Brasil, o grande Maranhão". Piauí. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  20. ^ Ramos, Murilo (21 October 2016). "SBT cobra de afiliada no Maranhão esclarecimentos sobre denúncia feita por candidato". Época. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  21. ^ Cutrim, John (20 May 2017). "Advogado preso na Lava Jato queria expandir negócios no Maranhão". Jornal Pequeno. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  22. ^ Sabá, Cláudio (20 April 2018). "EM FRANGALHOS - Família Coutinho vende TV Sinal Verde, funcionários são demitidos e ninguém sabe quem é o novo proprietário". Blog do Sabá. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  23. ^ "Decreto-Lei nº 236, de 28 de fevereiro de 1967". Planalto. Retrieved 27 November 2023. Art. 12, § 6º [...]
  24. ^ "Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988". Planalto. Retrieved 27 November 2023. Art. 54 [...]

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