Waiting for my turn to shine.

It doesn't matter what Michel Temer and Attorney General Rodrigo Janot discussed this Monday. Or rather, it doesn't matter what they will say they discussed. Perhaps it was also about the Public Prosecutor's Office budget, a matter concerning the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) that brought Gilmar Mendes to Jaburu Palace on a Saturday. The time for appearances is over. What for, after Sergio Machado's friendly wiretaps? Meetings aside, it's clear that Temer's interim government, a prisoner of the recording device, must already be warding off the risk of being called provisional in the future.

After the fall of the second minister in 17 days, the bets are rising in Brasília on who will be next. There's no shortage of guesses. Make yours, and I'll make mine. Those who defend order without progress are already complaining about selective leaks aimed only at Temer's ministers. But whoever leaks (who is it, really?) can only choose the order. Machado recorded his group, the PMDB, therefore Temer's. He probably didn't stop at the already revealed Renan, Jucá, Sarney, and the fallen Minister of Transparency, Fabio Silveira.

Is there a recording with Temer? This is another question that frightens some and excites others. Whether there is or not, the recording threatens the August Senate vote to convict Dilma and confirm Temer as president. First, because some senators are already questioning the impeachment vote after confessions that it was invented to contain Lava Jato and "stop the bleeding" of political bosses. If five remain, that's a lot, said Machado, who knows what he's talking about. Second, because Renan Calheiros is becoming increasingly enigmatic. He reiterated in a statement yesterday that he will not nominate anyone for the government. He neither denied nor admitted to nominating Silveira, but wrote that he will be out of the picture to preserve the independence of the power he represents. Whoa! This is serious for the Planalto Palace. Dilma heard this conversation beforehand, and look what happened.

The rest, the government is digging its own grave. A fight here, another there, unpopular measures heading to the Chamber of Deputies, and then internal and external rejection. Finally, when are the polling institutes going to gauge the government's approval rating? It's taking a while. Hello, Ibope and Datafolha, do you need researchers?