Temer and Moreira remain silent on Eduardo Cunha's questions.

247 - The questions posed by the ousted and imprisoned congressman Eduardo Cunha (PMDB) to Michel Temer regarding Temer's knowledge of, and possible participation in, bribery negotiations involving Minister Moreira Franco in investments from the FGTS Investment Fund seem to be heading towards oblivion. Temer was listed as a defense witness for Cunha in the criminal case concerning his alleged involvement in a scheme to divert funds from the FI/FGTS. 

If it depends on Temer and Moreira, the matter is already buried. The two were contacted by... 247 to comment on the content of the questions and what lies behind Eduardo Cunha's insinuations. Neither Michel Temer nor Minister Moreira Franco, however, responded to the questions. 

In total, he formulated 19 questions. In one of them, he asks the president: "Are you aware of any offer of undue advantage, either to Érica or Moreira Franco, or subsequently, for the release of financing from FI/FGTS?". According to journalist Fernando Brito, the Érica mentioned may be journalist Érica Fraga, Michel Temer's ex-girlfriend and mother of one of his children – born in London.

"Since she is one of the coordinators of an account for the Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency of the Republic, paid for by a contracted company, it will not be difficult to find her there at the Planalto Palace and ask her if she knows anything about it," Brito questions. 

In questioning Cunha, whose potential for harm to Michel Temer was solemnly ignored by the press that supported the coup and sustains the government, the former congressman also asks if Temer nominated his current Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency for the vice-presidency of Caixa Econômica - Moreira held the position between 2007 and 2010 in Lula's government.

Relationship with BJ

Cunha questions his defense witness about whether she held any meetings with Moreira and André de Souza, former advisor to the fund, to discuss requests for financing from FI-FGTS, or whether Temer participated in meetings with Léo Pinheiro (OAS) and Benedicto Júnior (Odebrecht) to discuss campaign donations. 

In a plea bargain testimony to the Lava Jato operation, Benedicto Barbosa Silva Júnior, or BJ, former president of Odebrecht Infraestrutura, recounted a meeting with Michel Temer, Moreira Franco, and Eduardo Cunha. (The column...) Radar The magazine Veja reports that they discussed Caixa Econômica Federal (a Brazilian bank) and the election campaign.

In addition to him, Michel Temer has already been mentioned 43 times in the plea bargain testimony of executive Cláudio Melo Filho, a lobbyist for the construction company in Brasília, for having requested R$ 10 million at Jaburu Palace (read here).

Check out the questions from Eduardo Cunha that neither Michel Temer nor Moreira Franco want to answer: 

1 - During what period were you president of the PMDB?

2 - When Mr. Moreira Franco was appointed Vice-President of Funds and Lotteries at Caixa Econômica Federal, were you the president of the PMDB party?

3 – Were you responsible for his appointment to Caixa? To whom was the request made?

4 - In 2010, when Mr. Moreira Franco left CEF to coordinate the presidential campaign as a representative of the PMDB, did you nominate Joaquim Lima as his replacement?

5 – Do you know André de Souza, the representative on the Workers' Council at FI/FGTS during the workers' union?

6 – Did you hold any meetings to discuss funding requests with the FI, along with Moreira Franco and André de Souza?

7 – Do you know Benedito Júnior and Léo Pinheiro?

8 - Did you participate in any meetings with them, along with Moreira Franco, regarding campaign donations?

9 - If the answer is yes, was it linked to any release from the FI?

10 - Did André da Souza participate in these meetings?

11 – Did you know Fábio Cleto?

12 - If so, did you have any involvement in your appointment?

13 - Was there any political request from Eduardo Paes aimed at accelerating the Porto Maravilha project for the Olympics?

14 - Are you aware of any offer of undue advantage, either to Érica or Moreira Franco, or subsequently for the release of FI/FGTS financing?

15 - The complaint concerns the suspicion of receiving benefits from the Porto Maravilha consortium (Odebrecht, OAS and Carioca), Hazdec, Aquapolo and Odebrecht Ambiental, Saneatins, Eldorado Participações, Lamsa, Brado, Moura Debeux, BR Vias. As president of the PMDB until 2016, are you aware of whether these companies made donations to PMDB campaigns? If so, in what way?

16 - Can you say if any of them donated to Gabriel Chalita's campaign in 2012?

17 - If the answer is yes, were you involved? Was it linked to the release of these funds from Caixa in the FI/FGTS program?

18 - As Vice President of the Republic since 2011, were you aware of Eduardo Cunha's involvement in any event related to this allegation of demanding undue advantages for the release of FI/FGTS financing?

19 - Joaquim Lima continued as vice-president of Caixa Econômica Federal in another area from 2011 and remains there to this day. Who was responsible for his appointment?