Laurez Moreira attributes the installation of devices to the previous management and also claims to have identified the millionaire expenditure for shows
Summary
The interim governor of Tocantins Laurez Moreira reported the discovery of listening to the government and criticized the previous management for excessive expenses, while the former governor Wanderlei Barbosa, removed with suspicion of corruption, contrasted the charges.
The Governor to Interim Laurez Moreira (PSD) of Tocantins declared in an interview with the TV Anhanguera that he heard was found in the secretariat of state and within government vehicles. Attributes the installation of devices to the previous management. Laurez entered office after the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) Distralse Wanderlei Barbosa (Republicans) with the suspicion of participation in a criminal organization that deflected the funds from the purchase of basic food baskets during the pandemic.
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“I have no doubts that they are people who have a certain sense of guilt in the register and it is evident that they want to know what they are ascertaining. Listening to the vehicles, in the secretariat, all these things. You have to watch, check, that they are difficult to discover things, but we are trying to discover,” said Laurez.
In response to the issuer, Wanderlei Barbosa’s team said he had no comments on the alleged illegal ears, since no proof of their existence has been presented. The starting governor also stressed that no member of his management was formally accused by the installation of the devices.
The interim governor has also detailed that he has implemented a series of state spending cuts since he entered office, with the suspension of the air taxi contract as the first measure. According to a survey by the planning secretariat, the state must face a deficit provided for 380 million R $.
Millionaire expenditure for shows
Laurez says that the previous administration has exceeded the expected amounts, with expenses that included $ 200 million only in shows. “One thing that frightened me a lot, the cost of the public machine. Good management should take into account not to spend more than 20% of the cost. And what I made, is that the cost here was totally controlled. The state was spending from 30% to 32%, which is absurd,” he said.
Among the first identified economies is the air taxi, which costs $ 20 million a year. The management also reduced the fleet of the secretariat vehicle and interrupted the rental expenses.
About the high investments in events, Laurez commented: “I think it is close to $ 200 million, so it is absurd. We will not allow it. We have to put a standard, we will decrease, we will not cut 100%. We realize that people like and we cannot go against the will of people. Even the times without public”.
In response to the criticisms, Wanderlei Barbosa said, through a note on TV, that the amounts issued by the provisional management are overrated. According to him, the funds came from the imposing parliamentary amendment, applied during the beach season and agricultural fairs, events that would have generated over $ 1 billion in 2025.
Removal context
Wanderlei Barbosa was removed from the government on September 3, 2025 by the decision of Minister Stj Mauro Campbell, later approved by the Special Court. The former governor is studied for alleged embezzlement of public funds during the emergency of the Pandemic Health Covid-19.
The federal police investigate crimes such as offers, embezzlement, passive corruption, money laundering and criminal organization formation.
On the same day of departure, Laurez Moreira fired all the state secretaries, starting a reconstruction process that extended throughout September, which, however, included the renewal of some names to positions. Laurez has experience as a councilor, mayor, deputy state, federal and deputy governor.
Source: Terra
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