FUNAI president sued for slandering employees

The Federal Public Prosecution Office (MPF) has filed a complaint with the Federal Court against the president of the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), Marcelo Augusto Xavier da Silva, for the crime of  slandering the FUNAI’s employees.

Xavier accused in a police investigation several employees of the agency, members of the Waimiri Atroari Association and legal entities of the crimes of influence peddling and perverting the course of justice. After the inquiry was closed, “the president of FUNAI, in revenge, represented himself criminally against the public prosecutor Igor Spíndola, responsible for the closure order. The representation, made to the Attorney General of the Republic, presented three conducts that do not characterize any crime, without evidence or indications of any irregularity,” stated the MPF.

The criminal action filed by the MPF calls for the double conviction of Xavier for the crime of slandering, with a prison sentence of two to eight years and a fine, reparation for the moral damage caused to the victims and to society, with the payment of compensation of R$ 100,000, in addition to the loss of public office.