Maia says Dilma's "fiscal maneuvers" were more serious than accusations against Bolsonaro and sees no reason for impeachment.
In an interview on Roda Viva, the Speaker of the House said he will not accept being pressured to open impeachment proceedings and stated that the farce against Dilma Rousseff was more serious than the accusations of crimes of responsibility against Jair Bolsonaro.
247 - The Speaker of the House, Rodrigo Maia, who is the focus of the Roda Viva program on TV Cultura, has just coined a phrase that will go down in history as one of the great absurdities of Brazilian politics.
After stating, in response to reporter Bernardo Mello Franco, that he would not accept being pressured to open impeachment proceedings against Bolsonaro, he was questioned by reporter Ranier Bragon about whether Dilma's "fiscal maneuvers" were more serious than the crimes attributed to the current president in the 50 impeachment requests that fill his drawers.
"Of course," said Maia, without hesitation, "so much so that I voted for impeachment."
Regarding Bolsonaro, he was categorical: "There are no grounds for impeachment." Furthermore: "On the part of the president, I see no crime of responsibility. I see no motivation for an impeachment process."