Jobim, the fifth columnist, had a lunch scheduled with the PSDB caucus.
The purpose of the meeting, which is likely to be cancelled, was to discuss the Truth Commission.
Defense Minister Nelson Jobim has a lunch scheduled with the PSDB party caucus in the Senate next Tuesday. The agenda was announced today by PSDB leader Álvaro Dias (PR) on his Twitter account, and may be canceled due to the minister's possible resignation. Jobim was Minister of Justice in the government of former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso and stated, in an interview with the UOL Portal, that he voted for José Serra (PSDB) last year and not for President Dilma Rousseff. The Workers' Party president kept him in the Ministry of Defense at the request of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
According to Dias, the purpose of the lunch was to discuss with the minister the project to create the "Truth Commission," regarding which Dilma requested Jobim's special commitment. The commission will take testimonies that help clarify the repression carried out during the military dictatorship and locate the whereabouts of the bodies of political prisoners. "Whoever defends the truth commission can only tell the truth," Álvaro Dias retorted, regarding Jobim's statement that his declarations to Revista Piauí were "taken out of context."
Dias explained that the lunch with Jobim had been scheduled for over a month, as the minister was seeking opposition support for the project and had already met with the DEM party. However, the meeting with the PSDB was postponed several times. On one occasion, both parties opted for postponement to avoid embarrassment, given the proximity of the date to the announcement of Jobim's vote for Serra.
Sources from the Planalto Palace reported that Dilma has already decided to fire Jobim, after it was revealed that he called the Minister of Institutional Relations, Ideli Salvatti, "weak" and criticized the Chief of Staff, Gleisi Hoffmann, stating that she "doesn't know Brasília".