Requião: Temer wants to buy the Senate.
Without the necessary votes to consolidate the impeachment, interim president Michel Temer has been intensifying his pressure on senators undecided about the conviction of President Dilma Rousseff; "Temer is buying the caucus. It's an explicit purchase of support," denounces Senator Roberto Requião (PMDB-PR); in the struggle to secure votes, Temer has already appointed the son of Zezé Perrella (PTB-MG), owner of a helicopter seized with 450 kilos of cocaine, promised a secretary position to Romário (PSB-RJ), and is negotiating support for parliamentarians in municipal disputes, as is the case with Omar Aziz (PSD-AM); he has also received unusual requests, such as that of Hélio José (PMDB-DF), who wanted the presidency of Itaipu and the Post Office.
Paraná 247 – A report by journalists Pedro Venceslau and Valmar Hupsel Filho (read more) hereThis reveals how the interim president has had to bargain for votes to consolidate the impeachment, which is not yet guaranteed, of President Dilma Rousseff.
Faced with these decidedly un-republican negotiations, Senator Roberto Requião (PMDB-PR) didn't mince words in denouncing the quid pro quo. "Temer is buying the caucus. It's an explicit purchase of support," he stated.
The most curious case is that of Senator Hélio José (PMDB-DF), known as Hélio Gambiarra. "He requested 34 positions, including the presidency of Itaipu, the Post Office, the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE), and even the leadership of BNDES," says the report.
Temer has already appointed Gustavo Perrella, son of Zezé Perrella (PTB-MG), owner of a helicopter seized with 450 kilos of cocaine, to a Sports Secretariat, promised a secretariat focused on disabled and special needs people to Romário (PSB-RJ), and is negotiating support for parliamentarians in municipal disputes, as is the case with Omar Aziz (PSD-AM).
Yesterday, to intensify the face-to-face campaigning, he went to Wilder Morais' (DEM-GO) birthday party.