Mário Magalhães: Where is Dilma in the Odebrecht plea bargain?

Journalist Mário Magalhães uses the famous English children's book series "Wally" as an example to comment on the absence of former President Dilma Rousseff's name from the Odebrecht plea bargain list; "I went back to looking for Wally in recent days. I found Temer, Jacques, Serra, Palocci, Moreira, Jorge, Jucá, Garotinho, Alckmin, Kátia, Imbassahy, Pezão, Padilha, Paes, Lindbergh, Cunha, Renan, Geddel, Eunício, the Maia family (Rodrigo, Marco and Agripino). And so on. Wally here has another name, Dilma Rousseff. I came across a bunch of her political allies. There's even a former advisor to Dilma, surnamed Dornelles, like the Old Man. One is Anderson; the other, Francisco. But it's not money requested or given to the former president," he says.

December 12, 2016, 23:04 AMUpdated June 29, 2018, 11:46 pm

Journalist Mário Magalhães uses the famous British children's book series "Wally" as an example to comment on the absence of former President Dilma Rousseff's name from the Odebrecht plea bargain list; "I went back to looking for Wally in the last few days. I found Temer, Jacques, Serra, Palocci, Moreira, Jorge, Jucá, Garotinho, Alckmin, Kátia, Imbassahy, Pezão, Padilha, Paes, Lindbergh, Cunha, Renan, Geddel, Eunício, the Maia family (Rodrigo, Marco and Agripino). And so on. Wally here has another name, Dilma Rousseff. I came across a bunch of her political allies. There's even a former advisor to Dilma, with the last name Dornelles, like the Old Man. One is Anderson; the other, Francisco. But it's not money requested or given to the former president," he says (Photo: Valter Lima)

247 - Journalist Mário Magalhães uses the famous English children's book series "Wally" as an example to comment on the absence of former President Dilma Rousseff's name from the Odebrecht plea bargain list.

"I went back to looking for Wally in the last few days. I found Temer, Jacques, Serra, Palocci, Moreira, Jorge, Jucá, Garotinho, Alckmin, Kátia, Imbassahy, Pezão, Padilha, Paes, Lindbergh, Cunha, Renan, Geddel, Eunício, the Maia brothers (Rodrigo, Marco, and Agripino). And so on. I didn't find Wally, but I came across a cast of identities as creative as those adopted by Rio's criminals: the Ugly One, the Old Man, the Decrepit One, Campari, the Loose Mouth, the Communist, the Lazy One. It was easy to locate acronyms like PMDB, PT, PSDB, PP, PC do B, PTB, PR, DEM, PSB, PSD, PPS, PTC. I just didn't find Wally. Obviously, I didn't scrutinize the colorful drawings with elements..." "Tiny little things. And yes, news about former Odebrecht bigwigs handing over bribe recipients. And Wally here has another name, Dilma Rousseff. I came across a bunch of her supporters – does the PT still think that hell is only for other people? There's even a former advisor to Dilma, surnamed Dornelles, like the Old Man. One is Anderson; the other, Francisco. But it's not money requested or given to the former president," he says.

He recalls that Dilma "was deposed in the name of decency and the fight against corruption." "The pretext was the so-called fiscal maneuvers. Not a single cent for her pocket. The president, re-elected by popular vote in 2014 for a four-year term, now lives in a 120-square-meter apartment in Porto Alegre. She led a disastrous second term, although she had the legitimacy provided by the citizens' suffrage. Would Dilma be surprised on a future list from Odebrecht or another construction company? What is capable of surprising today? Would I vouch for Dilma? I prefer not to risk it. Which does not prevent the observation that, in the vast and detailed list of names released since Friday, no one found Dilma's name," he says.

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