Dilma's moral fortitude may save democracy.
All the partners in the parliamentary coup against Brazilian democracy have been taken down; interim president Michel Temer appears as responsible for soliciting a R$ 1,5 million bribe from whistleblower Sergio Machado for the campaign of his protégé Gabriel Chalita; the defeated Aécio Neves, who plunged Brazil into war by not accepting the 2014 election results, appears in his tenth plea bargain as the beneficiary of a R$ 1 million cash payment and also as the payer of bribes to parliamentarians to get elected president of the Chamber of Deputies; Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), in turn, risks receiving an electronic ankle monitor and having to return R$ 100 million to public coffers; only President Dilma Rousseff does not appear in any scheme; the question is: when will she and democracy return?
247 - In her speech last night in João Pessoa, President Dilma Rousseff touched a raw nerve with the politicians who led a coup conspiracy against her and against Brazilian democracy. According to her, the impeachment was nothing more than an attempt to prevent the Lava Jato investigation from reaching the PMDB party leaders (learn more). here).
After Sergio Machado's testimony, revealed yesterday, it's difficult to question that assessment. It became known, for example, that the main beneficiary of the coup... Interim President Michel Temer appears to be responsible for soliciting a bribe of R$ 1,5 million from the former president of Transpetro for the campaign of his protégé Gabriel Chalita (read more). here).
Alongside Temer, the other partners in the impeachment stand out. The defeated Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG), who plunged Brazil into conflict by refusing to accept the 2014 election results, appears in his tenth plea bargain testimony as the beneficiary of a R$1 million cash payment and also as the payer of bribes to parliamentarians to secure his election as Speaker of the House (read more). here).
If that weren't enough, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), in turn, risks receiving an electronic ankle monitor and having to return R$ 100 million to public coffers. Furthermore, Machado reported bribe payments to the PMDB leadership amounting to R$ 100 million, just in the Transpetro case.
Amid this political earthquake, Only President Dilma Rousseff does not appear in any scheme. And it is becoming increasingly clear that she was the victim of an assembly of bandits, presided over by a bandit, as defined by the Portuguese writer Miguel Souza Tavares – and not by the so-called "fiscal maneuvers".
The only relevant question now is: when will she, Dilma, and democracy return to Brazil?