Funaro says Temer acted in favor of port companies.

In testimony to the Attorney General's Office, operator Lúcio Funaro stated that Michel Temer asked Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), former president of the Chamber of Deputies, to act in favor of three companies operating in the Port of Santos, during the processing of the Ports Provisional Measure in 2013; "This Provisional Measure was created to reform the port sector and it would cause great harm to the Libra group, which is an ally of Cunha and, consequently, of Michel Temer, because it is one of the major donors to Michel Temer's campaigns," said Funaro; after the Provisional Measure, payments were made to the PMDB through official political donations.

October 14, 2017, 00:20 PMUpdated June 28, 2018, 13:56 pm

In testimony to the Attorney General's Office, operator Lúcio Funaro stated that Michel Temer asked Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), former president of the Chamber of Deputies, to act in favor of three companies operating in the Port of Santos, during the processing of the Ports Provisional Measure in 2013; "This Provisional Measure was created to reform the port sector and it would cause great harm to the Libra group, which is an ally of Cunha and, consequently, of Michel Temer, because it is one of the major donors to Michel Temer's campaigns," said Funaro; after the Provisional Measure, payments were made to the PMDB through official political donations (Photo: Gisele Federicce)

247 - Operator Lúcio Funaro testified to the Attorney General's Office on August 23 that Michel Temer asked Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), former president of the Chamber of Deputies, to intervene on behalf of port companies.

The testimony was recorded and the video was obtained by FSPIn other parts of his testimony, Funaro also said that Cunha was a "bank of corruption for politicians". and that José Yunes, a friend and former advisor to Temer, I was sure it was money. the package he delivered to the lawyer at his office on the eve of the 2014 campaign.

According to Funaro, Cunha told him that Temer asked the congressman (now impeached) to act in favor of three companies operating in the Port of Santos - Rodrimar, the Libra group and Santos Brasil, in addition to Eldorado Celulose, which belonged to the J&F group, controller of JBS - during the processing of the Provisional Measure on Ports, in 2013.

"This provisional measure was created to reform the port sector, and it would cause significant harm to the Libra group, which is an ally of Cunha and, consequently, of Michel Temer, because it is one of the major donors to Michel Temer's campaigns," said Funaro.

Earlier this month, the Attorney General of the Republic, Raquel Dodge, He requested Temer's testimony. Regarding the case of the ports.

"According to the definition of this Provisional Measure, the Libra group would no longer be able to renew its port concessions. Why? Because it had several tax debts registered as outstanding. What did Eduardo Cunha do? He included a clause in this Provisional Measure that would allow companies with registered outstanding debts to renew their contracts in the port sector, provided they initiated arbitration to dispute these tax debts," the whistleblower explained.

"Both Eldorado and Rodrimar had interests, and Eduardo recounted that, at the time, Michel asked him, 'Oh, you have to do this, you have to do this, take care of this,' so that the business wouldn't get out of control," the operator continued.

The Prosecutor questioned in the deposition whether, after the Provisional Measure, commissions were paid to the PMDB. "Through political donations, I'm sure. Official. Through commissions, which would be a bribe disguised as an official donation, and other types of payments, I have no knowledge," he replied.