César Borges assures that his pen has ink.
The Minister of Transport denied in a statement any alleged lack of power within his ministry and guaranteed that, contrary to what Veja magazine published, he never requested an audience with President Dilma Rousseff and that his advisors are the same as those from the time of his predecessor and fellow countryman Paulo Sérgio Passos; César also denied speculation that he would resign from his post in 2014 to run for federal deputy; read the official statement.
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The Minister of Transport, César Borges, distributed a statement to the press through his press office to deny that he had complained to a friend about a lack of authority in leading the ministry, as reported by Veja magazine in its "Holofote" column, and that there is no ink left in his pen, an expression used in this space.
César also assures that, contrary to what Veja published, he never requested an audience with President Dilma Rousseff and that the advisors in his ministry are the same as those from the time of his predecessor and political ally Paulo Sérgio Passos. The minister also denied speculation that he would resign from his post in 2014 to run for federal deputy.
"The Minister of Transport, César Borges, clarifies that the information that he complained about a lack of power in his position is incorrect. He never requested an audience with President Dilma Rousseff. Regarding the hiring of advisors, there are no difficulties with the Civil House, since it is still evaluating the need for replacements in the Ministry. Finally, he never considered running for federal deputy."
The Bahia native received his second barrage of so-called friendly fire in less than two months in office. On the day of his inauguration, April 2nd, blogger Cláudio Humberto reported that the PR party warned of César Borges' lack of leadership and said he would be little more than the Queen of England.