CPI of Public Spaces: former president of Emsurb says files were damaged or deleted after change of management

During the session, Bruno da Paixão informed that when he contacted Emsurb's Information Technology (IT) sector to recover files necessary for the responses requested by the commission, he was informed that 100% of the hard drives and digitized files from permit holder processes had been damaged or erased after the change of management.

He also reported that he stored work documents in the Aracaju city hall's digital storage system. However, after leaving the presidency of Emsurb, he said he found files that only appeared as shortcuts or unreadable characters.

Another issue was the irregular subletting of kiosks and other spaces. Bruno stated that he ordered the end of informal transfers of permits and that the inspection carried out up to three inspections at the sites. According to the former manager, cases were identified in which permit holders charged up to R$2,000 per month from third parties to use public spaces whose municipal fee was approximately R$200.

In these situations, Bruno da Paixão said he canceled the permission of those who carried out the subletting and regularized the tradesman who actually worked at the location.

According to the CMA, the last CPI hearing will be held this Tuesday afternoon (10) to hear the former president of Emsurb, Hugo Esoj. The end of the work is scheduled for the 24th of this month, when the final report will be presented.

According to the CMA, the objective of the CPI is to investigate possible illegalities in processes of permitting and granting the use of public assets, in addition to constructions carried out under the management of the Municipal Urban Services Company (Emsurb) and the Municipal Works and Urbanization Company (Emurb). The investigation covers acts carried out between January 1, 2021 and July 7, 2026.

The commission is chaired by councilor Maurício Maravilha and its rapporteur is councilor Elber Batalha. The group also includes councilors Fábio Meireles, Selma França and Lúcio Flávio (incumbent), as well as Sergeant Byron and Alex Melo (substitutes).