The Civil Police indicted councilor Júnior Féfin (União Brasil), from Marília (SP), for domestic violence. The investigation investigates an episode recorded on video, in which the parliamentarian appears to immobilize his partner on the floor, with her legs around her neck.
According to the police, the investigation was concluded and forwarded to the Judiciary, with the indictment of the councilor.
The defense requested that the case be processed under secrecy, but the Civil Police reported that it is not yet known whether the request was accepted. For this reason, details of the investigation will not be released.
The case also motivated the opening of a Processing Committee (CP) at the City Council at the end of October, which is investigating a possible breach of parliamentary decorum after the release of a video in which he appears violently pinning his partner to the ground.
The Prosecution Committee against the councilor was approved in the Chamber on October 26th and investigates a possible breach of parliamentary decorum after the release of the video in which Féfin appears violently immobilizing his partner on the ground.
The CP is formed by councilors Professora Daniela (PL), Fabiana Camarinha (Podemos) and Mauro Cruz (Solidariedade).
The selected councilors have a period of up to 90 days to conduct hearings, analyze defense reports and issue a final opinion, which may be by archiving or canceling the parliamentarian's mandate.
As he was the target of the complaint, Júnior Féfin did not participate in the vote. The substitute, Fernando Virgínia Domingos, was called to occupy the chair in the session.
The request to open the process was formalized by the Municipal Committee to Combat Violence Against Women, a body created to integrate the protection network in the municipality.
The committee brings together representatives from the Public Ministry, the Civil Police, the Military Police, municipal departments and the Women's Reference Center.
In the images, which were recorded by the councilor himself and later released on social media, Júnior Féfin appears on top of the woman, on the floor, pressing his legs against her neck. During the recording, the victim states that she is being suffocated and complains of severe pain in her arm.
While keeping the woman immobilized, the parliamentarian repeatedly declares that she is in a moment of loss of control and asks her partner to stay away from him. As soon as she lets go, the councilman goes to the bathroom and films his own face in front of the mirror.
According to g1's investigation, the woman went to the Marília Women's Defense Police Station (DDM) after the situation, but, shaken, she did not complete the registration of the incident. She also sought medical attention.
When asked about the images, Júnior Féfin stated that the episode occurred personally and that the situation had been resolved between the couple.
After the repercussion of the case, the parliamentarian handed over a statement signed by his partner to the Chamber's Special Prosecutor's Office for Women. In the document, the woman states that she is in a stable relationship with the councilor, with no record of aggression, and praises the parliamentarian's performance in monitoring the Legislature.
The Federal Police were asked about opening administrative disciplinary proceedings against the server, but reported that they do not comment on internal investigations involving personal data of servers.
Councilor Júnior Féfin is a special class agent of the Federal Police and graduated in Law. He is in his second term at Marília City Council.
Born in Tupã (SP), Oswaldo Féfin Vanin Júnior is 50 years old, has lived in Marília for almost 30 years and is the father of a 15-year-old teenager.
According to information published on the parliamentarian's own social media, he has been on leave from his duties at the Federal Police since taking office at the City Council. He states that he chose not to receive his councilor salary of R$6,700.
According to the Federal Government's Transparency Portal, the remuneration of a special class Federal Police agent exceeds R$25 thousand. g1 contacted the corporation to confirm the employee's functional status and find out if he continues to receive his salary for the position, but received no response on the matter until the last update of this report.
In politics, Júnior Féfin is in his second consecutive term in the Marília Legislature. He was elected for the first time in 2020, when he used the campaign name "Agente Federal Junior Féfin". In 2024, he was re-elected for another four years in the Chamber. He is currently affiliated with União Brasil.
