Damares Publishes CPMI List Naming Churches and Pastors as Malafaia Intensifies Reproach

Overview

• Damares released requerimentos that cite Adoração Church, Igreja Assembleia de Deus Ministério do Renovo, Ministério Deus é Fiel Church (SeteChurch) and Igreja Evangélica Campo de Anatote for data transfers, plus testimony or secrecy requests involving André Valadão, César Belucci, Péricles Albino Gonçalves, Fabiano Campos Zettel and André Fernandes.
• Silas Malafaia called the statements reckless, accused Damares of seeking political gain and said only one nationally prominent leader appears on the list, while arguing that the items reflect commission paperwork rather than new revelations.
• Malafaia said CPMI president Carlos Viana denied lobbying by evangelical leaders and the involvement of large denominations, asserting investigators suspect two recently created churches and smaller entities; Viana’s public brief lists 4,800 documents reviewed and 108 suspect companies.
• Damares later referenced the Assembleia de Deus do Amazonas and the Boas Novas foundation in CPI materials tied to relatives of evangelical caucus leader Silas Câmara, who says the church has already provided information and is not the target of current requests.
• The CPMI probing fraudulent consignado discounts plans to ask the Supreme Court to suspend nearly 2 million suspect contracts, and related policing saw Fabiano Campos Zettel briefly detained and released in Operation Compliance Zero, as senators discuss a 60‑day extension beyond the March deadline.