Following Pessoa, Merval speaks of impeaching Dilma and Temer.
A spokesperson for Globo, columnist Merval Pereira, no longer just wants the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff; after the news of Ricardo Pessoa's plea bargain, he speaks of challenging the president's ticket, which includes Vice President Michel Temer, under the allegation that there was money from corruption in the 2014 presidential campaign; "Along with other information, this forms a very clear picture, that the PT's campaigns in 2010 and 2014 were financed with money diverted from Petrobras and could jeopardize President Dilma's ticket with the possibility of disqualification, with very serious political consequences," says the columnist.
247 - Journalist Merval Pereira, spokesperson for the newspaper O Globo, says in a post on his blog (read here) this Wednesday (13) that the plea bargain of contractor Ricardo Pessoa may involve the financing of the 2014 campaign, which could imply, according to the columnist, the involvement of President Dilma Rousseff and her vice-president, Michel Temer.
According to Merval, Pereira's testimony, along with other information, "paints a very clear picture that the PT's 2010 and 2014 campaigns were financed with money diverted from Petrobras and could jeopardize President Dilma's ticket, potentially leading to its disqualification and very serious political consequences."
He laments that the episode, if confirmed in the businessman's testimony, will not be handled by Judge Sérgio Moro, where it would have "the speed of the first instance," but predicts that going to the Supreme Court "will be a political process with much greater repercussions, impacting the president's election campaign and changing its level."
Below is the full text:
Businessman Ricardo Pessoa had already indicated that he wanted to make a plea bargain, and what he has been saying through lawyers and documents leaked to the press is that he is willing to talk about the financing of his 2014 campaign.
Along with other information, this paints a very clear picture that the PT's 2010 and 2014 campaigns were financed with money diverted from Petrobras, and this could jeopardize President Dilma's candidacy, potentially leading to its disqualification and very serious political consequences.
But if the case goes to the Supreme Court, the process will not have the same speed as in the first instance, with Judge Sergio Moro. However, it will be a political process with much greater repercussions, coinciding with the president's election campaign, and will change its level. For now, the process involves politicians, but if the president's election campaign enters the picture and the possibility of disqualification arises, it will be much more relevant and controversial.