Morais: Temer is burying Padilha
"What Postiço does with this statement is produce a non-news story. A dog wagging its tail isn't news; a tail wagging a dog is news. In this case, there would only be news if he declared that he asked for the money and authorized irregularities. The funeral continues," says writer Fernando Morais, commenting on news about the Temer-Yunes-Padilha case.
By Fernando Morais, in your Facebook
What Postiço does with this statement is produce a non-story. A dog wagging its tail isn't news; a tail wagging a dog is news. In this case, it would only be news if he declared that he asked for the money and authorized irregularities. The funeral procession continues.
Below is the news story as commented on by him:
Temer says he requested a donation from Odebrecht, but did not authorize any irregularities.
Felipe Amorim
From UOL, in Brasília
In a press release issued late Friday afternoon (24), President Michel Temer said he had asked Odebrecht for financial support for the party's campaigns in the 2014 election, but said he had not "authorized or requested" that the donations be made in an irregular manner.
The president's statement comes a day after his personal friend and former special advisor at the Presidential Palace, José Yunes, admitted that he received a "package" in his office at the request of the current Chief of Staff, Eliseu Padilha (PMDB-RS).
Former Odebrecht executive Cláudio Melo Filho stated in his plea bargain agreement that part of the R$ 4 million in payments from the construction company that were under Padilha's responsibility were delivered to Yunes' office.
See the full note:
"When he was president of the PMDB party, Michel Temer formally and officially requested assistance from the construction company Norberto Odebrecht. He neither authorized nor requested that anything be done without the support of the rules of the Electoral Law. Odebrecht donated R$ 11,3 million to the PMDB in 2014. All of this was declared in the financial statements submitted to the Superior Electoral Court. This is the president's sole and exclusive involvement in the episode."
Special Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic