Requião on the complaint against Serra: "shameful!"
Senator criticizes interim Foreign Minister José Serra after Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa denounced the Brazilian government's attempt to buy Uruguay's vote in Mercosur; "Uruguayan Foreign Minister accuses Serra of trying to buy the country's vote against Venezuela. Shame!", Requião posted on Twitter.
Paraná 247 – Senator Roberto Requião (PMDB-PR) called the accusation made by Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa, that interim Foreign Minister José Serra tried to buy Uruguay's vote in Mercosur, a "shame".
"Uruguay's Foreign Minister accuses Serra of trying to buy the country's vote against Venezuela. Shame!", Requião posted on Twitter, where he has published several different links regarding the accusation.read more).
After the story was published in El País, the largest newspaper in Uruguay, the Brazilian government of Michel Temer summoned the ambassador to explain the Uruguayan foreign minister's allegations. "The Uruguayan ambassador was summoned to give explanations," a spokesperson for the Brazilian Foreign Ministry told Reuters.