Globo now wants to prevent Dirceu from getting a job.
After campaigning for the arrest of the former Chief of Staff, Rede Globo is now trying to prevent him from being employed at a hotel in Brasília; a report by Jornal Nacional indicates that the Hotel Saint Peter was managed by a foreign company, owned by a Panamanian man living in a poor neighborhood of that country; after the report, Paulo Masci de Abreu, one of the hotel's partners, acquired controlling shares of the Saint Peter; however, the report failed to establish a direct link to José Dirceu.
247 - Brazilian television network Rede Globo, through its news program Jornal Nacional, published an exclusive report against the owners of the Saint Peter Hotel, who offered employment to former minister José Dirceu, convicted in the Ação Penal 470 case. The report found the alleged president of the company managing the Brasília hotel who offered the former Chief of Staff a salary of R$ 20. The report shows that the man lives in a poor area in Panama and works as an office assistant at a law firm.
The news report highlights that one of the hotel's partners, Paulo Masci de Abreu, is the brother of José Masci de Abreu, president of the PTN party, information already reported by mainstream media. However, the report points out that Paulo Masci de Abreu is only a minority partner. He owns a share worth R$1, as shown in a company agreement. All other shares, totaling R$499, belong to a foreign company, Truston International Inc., based in Panama City.
Globo then investigated this company and discovered that the president of Truston is a Panamanian citizen, José Eugenio Silva Ritter. He also appears linked to more than a thousand companies on a website created by an anti-corruption activist. Truston's attorney in Brazil, as shown in the Saint Peter hotel contract, is Raul de Abreu, son of Paulo Masci de Abreu, who told the reporter that José Eugenio Silva Ritter is a foreign businessman who was introduced through a lawyer. They also stated that the company regularly reports to José Eugenio.
In Panama, the local news team located the president of the company that manages the Saint Peter hotel, who lives on a street in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Panama City. He was washing his car in front of his house when the reporters arrived. Ritter said he has worked at a law firm, Morgan & Morgan, for over 30 years. He acknowledged that he does appear as a partner in many companies worldwide, and that this is precisely because he works at Morgan & Morgan.
Speaking to JN, Paulo Masci de Abreu's lawyer, Rosane Ribeiro, stated that the majority shareholder of Truston International is his daughter-in-law, businesswoman Lara Severino Vargas, and that she sold Paulo de Abreu the controlling stake in the Saint Peter hotel.
Although the report contains content that could be considered serious, there is no direct accusation against José Dirceu.