Fernando Brito, editor of the brickLet no one doubt that the revelation of a land grabbing scheme – and what land, 2 hectares! – by Eliseu Padilha is merely the "appetizer" for a series of accusations against Michel Temer's disgraced right-hand man.
Padilha is under investigation in at least two cases pending before the Supreme Federal Court, which are under seal and have resulted in the breach of his telephone and tax secrecy.
Temer, the master of the mercenary armies of the Legislature, is a leader without his own strength, dependent on those who know where and how to bargain for support and build majorities.
What legitimizes him in the eyes of the elites is expressed in Fernando Henrique's grotesque phrase: "it is what it is".
For now.
After the very serious setback with the loss of Geddel Vieira Lima, as everyone saw, Eliseu Padilha retreated into obscurity, claiming a hypertensive crisis, which, incidentally, is entirely justified.
Now after the Estadão article about its "wind turbine"There are even more reasons to submerge.
It is more than evident that Temer is without the crutches he relied on for his patronage contacts in the Legislature, a task he cannot personally undertake and for which his third courtier, the one he has left, Moreira Franco, is unsuitable.
One more couple of victories like the one he had yesterday, as King Pyrrhus of Epirus would say, after a battle with the Romans, Temer will be completely ruined.
The sooner he delivers what is demanded of him – the dismantling of social, labor, and pension rights – the sooner he will be ousted.
The definition of Antônio Carlos Magalhães is, admittedly, perfect: he is a butler from a horror movie, whose function is to serve the guests the spoils of Brazil and its people.
