Marx Beltrão: And Renan didn't know?

Interim President Michel Temer (PMDB) decided to suspend the appointment of federal deputy Marx Beltrão (PMDB-AL), nominated by the president of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), to the Ministry of Tourism, after reports showed that the parliamentarian is a defendant in the STF for ideological falsehood – a process from the time when Marx was mayor of Coruripe.

According to a report in O Globo, President Temer is "very sensitive to the news following the fall of three ministers in his government involved in Lava Jato," and is waiting for Renan Calheiros to nominate another name. The report also states that a government aide revealed that stories and scandals involving Marx's father, state deputy João Beltrão, are being uncovered.

Between you and me, I read and clearly understood that they fired Marx Beltrão. And it's hard to believe that this decision was solely the government's doing. Another Alagoas native, federal deputy Maurício Quintella (PR), also has problems, was the subject of reports, but wasn't ousted. He took office and remains in his position.

And look, Quintella was convicted in August 2014 for participating in a scheme that embezzled money intended for school lunches in Alagoas, between 2003 and 2005, a period in which he was the state's Secretary of Education. Marx has not yet been tried.

In other words, the government protected, accepted, and defied the nomination of Maurício Quintella. As for Marx, an appointee of the powerful Renan, on the contrary, the report even mentions well-known issues in Alagoas concerning his father, state deputy João Beltrão, who is involved in a number of criminal cases, a conviction by the TCU (Federal Court of Accounts), and so on.

Therefore, it's perhaps clear that Marx's downfall was intentional. The question remains whether it was done by mutual agreement between Temer and Renan. Would the interim president have the courage to confront the Senate president days before the impeachment vote against Dilma? Only if he were crazy or had taken the wrong medication.

It seems more like a way out without any friction, without direct or personal responsibility from the individuals involved, as if trying to convey the idea that something unforeseen happened. The Beltrão and Calheiros families have been walking hand in hand in Alagoas politics for a long time, like two peas in a pod.

Anyone with even a modicum of common sense would foresee that Marx would be attacked and that his father's problems, which have not yet been judged, could easily be used. However, they could not target the son, as he is not a defendant in the proceedings. But they could expose the minister's father to the entire country, the types of lawsuits, the delays in the trials, for example.

The fact is that Marx Beltrão, after being elected federal deputy, gained great visibility. He occupies space in the local media, mainly; he is tall, young, likeable, is in the PMDB party, but controls other political parties. In addition to all this, speculation arose that in 2018 he would be a candidate for the Senate, in a joint ticket with Renan Calheiros.

And it's clear that in charge of Tourism he would have dozens of times greater visibility than he has in his position as a federal deputy. And that would give him even more opportunities to pave the way for a Senate race.

Therefore, it's possible that the newcomer following this path, which is closed off so early, wouldn't interest those who will also emerge, or re-emerge, to compete for one of the two seats in the Federal Senate.

Perhaps it's necessary for the highway to remain open for others, as is the case with Teotonio Vilela, isn't it?

Time and future actions will reveal the extent of this move.

And there are still people who think that Senator Renan is not a master.

So, Marx, and Renan didn't know?