Josias: Sarney becomes a symbol of the oligarchy's desperation.
According to columnist Josias de Souza, it's natural that figures like José Sarney would be taken aback by the strangeness of the release of Sérgio Machado's audios; “They weren't used to this kind of situation. They built their careers in a Brazil where, above a certain level of income and power, nobody owed anything. Much less explanations. That country where the rats blamed the cheese and everything stayed the same no longer exists.”
247 - According to columnist Josias de Souza, former president José Sarney has become a symbol of the oligarchy's desperation. "The self-incriminating recording of the former president of Transpetro has turned political bosses, capable of anything but offering half a pound of explanations to dispel the suspicions surrounding their records, upside down in the news," he says.
He states that it's natural for people like Sanery to be taken aback by the strangeness of the release of Sérgio Machado's audios: “They weren't used to this kind of situation. They built their careers in a Brazil where, above a certain level of income and power, nobody owed anything. Much less explanations. That country where the rats blamed the cheese and everything stayed the same no longer exists” – read here.