'Having dinner and traveling with a contractor isn't enough to get Cabral to appear before a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry'
In an interview with Folha, the Vice President of the Republic, Michel Temer (PMDB-SP), defended the governor of Rio de Janeiro and spoke about the conflicts in his party's relationship with the PT.
247 – The Vice President of the Republic, Michel Temer (PMDB-SP), said in an interview with Folha that there are no grounds for summoning the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral (PMDB), to the Cachoeira CPI. According to him, Cabral only had dinner with the contractor abroad. He also spoke about his party's relationship with Dilma Rousseff's PT.
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The Vice President of the Republic, Michel Temer (PMDB-SP), said this Tuesday (8) that there are no reasons for the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral (PMDB), to be summoned to testify at the Cachoeira CPI. “Calling Sérgio Cabral because Sérgio Cabral had dinner with a contractor abroad... It seems to me that there is no illegality on this point, isn't there?”, Temer stated.
The vice-president's comments refer to the release of images showing Sérgio Cabral socializing with businessman Fernando Cavendish, owner of the construction company Delta, which is being investigated by the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI).
Michel Temer spoke about the subject on "Power and Politics - Interview," a program by UOL and Folha, hosted by journalist Fernando Rodrigues at the Grupo Folha studio in Brasília.
In the interview, the vice-president also spoke about the relationship between his party, the PMDB, and President Dilma Rousseff's PT. According to him, the parties will face each other in several cities in the municipal elections, but they will try to ensure that this does not harm the national alliance. The most symbolic confrontation will occur in São Paulo, with Fernando Haddad (PT) against Gabriel Chalita (PMDB).
Temer also said that PMDB and PT will maintain the agreement to alternate in the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2013, there will be a new election for the position, and it will be the turn of a PMDB member to occupy the post.
Another topic of the interview was the Forest Code. Temer said that PMDB congressmen could change their position and support the government if Dilma vetoes the environmental bill approved by the Chamber and replaces it with a Provisional Measure (MP). An MP is a text prepared by the Executive Branch that is temporarily valid as law without needing legislative approval.