Joesley slams Temer: "general thief of the Republic," says Tijolaço.
The editor of Tijolaço, Fernando Brito, points out that shortly after stating that "(Michel) Temer was very direct, he even asked for money," businessman Joesley Batista called the current occupant of the Planalto Palace a "general thief of the Republic"; "And, incredibly, this doesn't shake either the parliament or the financial market," he emphasizes; "A year ago, a woman elected was impeached on allegations of 'fiscal irresponsibility' that nobody knows what they were (or if they were anything). Now we are faced with backpacks, suitcases, 'hush money,' fake invoices, and requests for money '100% direct'; according to Brito, "our institutions are functioning. And they will only stop functioning like this when they receive a jolt from the popular vote."
Fernando Brito, on Tijolaço - No sooner had the interview with Veja been published, in which he said that (Michel) "Temer was very direct, he even asked for money," than Joesley Batista increased the caliber of his attacks against the Government: in a statement, he called the current occupant of the Planalto Palace the "general thief of the Republic."
Did the owner of JBS, not exactly someone who is "in good standing," adopt this verbal escalation out of nowhere? Or, as the protagonist in the attempt to silence the money launderer Lúcio Funaro – supposedly at Temer's own behest – does he know what needed to be kept quiet and that, now with the plea bargain, it will come to light?
The fact is that the country has reached an unimaginable level, where a private thief insults a public thief, and vice versa, while we wait to find out what a notorious crook has said about other crooks, who by now are also notorious.
And, incredibly, this doesn't shake either the parliament or the financial market, while Janot's Attorney General's office and Fachin's Supreme Court decide when the nation's minors can know what's really going on.
A year ago, a woman elected was impeached amid allegations of "fiscal irresponsibility" that nobody knows what it was (or if it was anything). Now we are faced with backpacks, suitcases, "hush money," fake invoices, and requests for "100% direct" money, as Batista says in Veja magazine.
Of course, our institutions "are functioning".
And they'll only stop functioning like this when they get a jolt from the popular vote.