José Janene

Who was José Janene?

José Mohamed Janene was a Brazilian businessman, cowman and politician. He had many farms and ran many companies, mostly in Londrina, where he lived. Nevertheless, Janene became notable in the politics where he gained notability for being involved in the Mensalão scandal.

By the occasion of Mensalão scandal, Janene was the Progressive Party leader in the Chamber of Deputies and was accused of having received R$ 4.1 millions from the scheme operated by the advertiser Marcos Valério. Among the 19 congressmen involved in the scheme named "valerioduto", Janene was the last one to be trialled by the Chamber. Despite the lawsuit having been initiated on October 17, 2005, the Ethics committee of the Chamber delayed for over 13 months the voting of the report that recommended the revocation of Janene's mandate. Since September 2005, when he left the Chamber in a sick leave, Janene succeeded in postponing the lawsuit many times by claiming to suffer with health issues. He even asked for retirement before the voting of the revocation of his mandate but the request was rejected by the Chamber's direction board.