"Temer is already considering resigning to avoid being ousted from the presidency."
According to journalist Renato Rovai, editor of Fórum magazine: "It's not the Odebrecht plea bargain that worries Temer most. But the way Globo is taking advantage of it to undermine him. The president is already considering sending the following message to the network: that he will not be used as cannon fodder for Congress to elect someone to the liking of the Marinho family next year."
By Renato Rovai, in Forum magazine
Temer is reportedly considering the possibility of resigning before December 31st to avoid being ousted from the government, according to one of his allies who spoke to an opposition congressman.
What drives him to cling to his position at all costs is the maintenance of privileged legal status. Not only his, but that of many of his current ministers.
They know that giving up on this now could lead them to quickly secure Sergio Cabral's future.
But according to this source, the current president had already sensed the coup within the coup that was allegedly being orchestrated by the Globo Organizations.
Tonight's Fantástico was yet another example of how the network has abandoned the government. Besides summarizing the Odebrecht plea bargain leaked during the week, the weekly program also prominently featured the Datafolha poll results, where the president's approval rating plummeted to just 10% (excellent and good). And the percentage of those rating him as bad or terrible rose to 51%.
More than just presenting these numbers, the presenter made a point of highlighting that the research was conducted before the leak of the Odebrecht plea bargain. In other words, making it clear that the current numbers may be even worse.
One of the factors that reportedly led Temer to have dinner with Rodrigo Maia, the Speaker of the House, and some party leaders tonight was precisely this: to assess the damage the U-turn would cause in global news coverage.
He wanted to know what the risks were of allied parties abandoning the government because of this.
It's not the Odebrecht plea bargain that worries Temer the most. But the way Globo is taking advantage of it to undermine him.
The president is reportedly considering sending the following message to the broadcaster: that he will not be used as cannon fodder for Congress to elect someone to the Marinho family's liking next year.
The next few days promise to be full of excitement.
PS: Fantástico, in its selection, mentioned politicians from the PMDB party and two from the PT party, but omitted that Mineirinho (nickname for Aécio Neves (PSDB) on the Odebrecht list) is identified as the recipient of R$ 15 million between October 7th and December 23rd, 2014. And also that the governor of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) – nicknamed Santo – allegedly received R$ 2 million in his 2010 campaign through his brother-in-law Adhemar Ribeiro, brother of the first lady Lu Alckmin, according to testimonies from company executives. This certainly wasn't by chance.