Mantega's advisors are out of the Treasury.
It was confirmed this Friday that two senior advisors from the Ministry of Finance have left: Marcelo Fiche, who was the chief of staff for Minister Guido Mantega, and his deputy, Humberto Alencar; both were accused, in a report by Época magazine, written by Diego Escosteguy, of receiving supplementary salary payments through the company Partners, contracted to provide communication consulting to the Ministry; both requested to leave and their resignations will be published in the Official Gazette on Monday.
247 - Finance Minister Guido Mantega acted quickly to contain a crisis triggered by a report in Época magazine, which accused two officials of receiving bribes within the Ministry itself. In addition to contacting the Federal Police, he accepted the resignations of his own chief of staff, Marcelo Fiche, and his deputy, Humberto Alencar. Both were accused of receiving a salary supplement through the company Partners, contracted to provide communications consulting to the ministry (read here). news report about the original complaint).
The resignations of Fiche and Alencar will appear in Monday's edition of the Official Gazette "at their own request." Both are on vacation and are not expected to resume their duties. According to a report by Época magazine, a former secretary at Partners said she received orders to deliver packages of money to the ministry – the amounts were reportedly close to R$ 60. Fiche was also accused of using privileged information to buy an imported Audi for half the price at an auction held by the Federal Revenue Service.
Fiche and Alencar deny the accusations, but decided to resign to avoid causing embarrassment to the Finance Minister.