Delcídio confirms: Geddel was his political godfather at Petrobras.
In his plea bargain testimony, Pedro Corrêa, former president of the PP party, said that Geddel Vieira Lima, political strategist for the Michel Temer government, was the one who recommended Delcídio Amaral for the Gas and Energy directorate of Petrobras during FHC's second term; to the website Os Divergentes, Delcídio recounts how he was appointed: "I was recommended by Geddel, at the request of Flavio Derzi, at the time a congressman for the PMDB."
By Andrei Meireles, d´The Divergent
In his plea bargain testimony, Pedro Corrêa, former president of the PP party, said that Geddel Vieira Lima, political strategist for the Michel Temer government, was the one who recommended Delcídio Amaral for the Gas and Energy directorate at Petrobras during Fernando Henrique Cardoso's second term.
"I did not nominate Delcídio. That's a lie," Geddel stated in an interview with Veja magazine. In an interview with Os Divergentes, Delcídio recounts how he was appointed director of Petrobras:
— I was nominated by Geddel, at the request of Flavio Derzi, who was a congressman for the PMDB party at the time. Senator Jader Barbalho, whom I had known since I worked on the construction of the Tucuruí hydroelectric plant in Pará, supported the nomination made by Geddel.
Jader did more. In 1999, as leader of the PMDB, he was the one calling the shots in the Banking CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry). Istoé magazine revealed that the then Minister of Finance, Pedro Malan, was in the Central Bank president's office when the deal to save Banco Marka, owned by the notorious Salvatore Alberto Cacciola, was finalized. Tales Faria and I worked at the magazine. Jader told us he was going to summon Malan.
One day, he tells me that he's given up on summoning Malan. And he justified it by saying: "Delcídio is going to be a director of Petrobras." The usual quid pro quo.