Faith in the Petrobras Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry.

Despite the maneuvers by Dilma's government to block the investigation by deputies and senators, the Joint Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on Petrobras has finally been established and has already begun its work, hearing testimony from the president of the state-owned company, Graça Foster. As a full member of the PSDB party on the commission, I submitted more than 100 requests, including the sharing of information regarding the breach of tax and banking secrecy of the group accused of embezzling millions from the Brazilian company – fortunately, already granted by the courts – and the summoning of government ministers and former directors of the state-owned company.

Upon receiving the information regarding the lifting of confidentiality restrictions, we will be able to delve deeper into the investigation, cross-referencing important information and identifying possible "traces" of corruption left by the accused. At the same time, we will hear from the main individuals involved in the scandal surrounding the purchase of the Pasadena refinery (USA), which caused losses of over US$1 billion to Petrobras. The objective is to expedite and concise the investigations in the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) so that we can identify, as soon as possible, those responsible for the unprecedented financial hole in the accounts of Brazil's largest company, which, unfortunately, under the PT administration, lost more than half of its market value and plummeted from 10th place in the ranking of the world's largest companies to 120th position, with the largest debt among non-financial companies.

To the more skeptical, who usually say that a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry "always ends in nothing" or that "it leads to nothing," I remind them of my work on two other important parliamentary commissions of inquiry: the Post Office Commission (better known as the Mensalão scandal) and the Sanguessugas Commission (or the ambulance commission), in 2006. I was the sub-rapporteur in both, responsible for organizing and presenting the evidence against the accused.

At the time, I also heard from many people that these Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry would lead nowhere and that I should worry more about my reelection – like this one, 2006 was also an election year. However, despite the skepticism, I presented the evidence against the 40 accused in the Mensalão scandal, the Attorney General's Office accepted the accusation, and most were convicted by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), including former ministers and former PT parliamentarians, and many are serving their sentences in prison. In the Sanguessugas case, of the 72 parliamentarians I identified as being involved in the embezzlement of public funds, in a report presented in September of that election year, 67 were "removed from office" at the polls and were not re-elected, an unequivocal demonstration that the population, when informed, votes correctly.

Therefore, I have good reason to believe that this Petrobras Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry will also deliver the results that the Brazilian population demands and expects. We will show Brazil who is responsible for squandering one of the country's greatest assets. We must rescue Petrobras as a symbol of our greatness and competence, and we need to banish, forever, the criminals who seized control of this company.