Mensalão, 20 years: José Álvaro Moisés says that ‘coalition presidentialism collapsou’
The monthly was one of the largest scandals in Brazilian political history, revealed in 2005, exactly 20 years ago. It was a monthly scheme for parliamentarians to secure political support to the Lula government, involving PT politicians and allied parties.
The case came to public when the federal deputy and then president of PTB Roberto Jefferson was accused of heading a corruption scheme at the Post Office and the Brazilian Reinsurance Institute, in May 2005. Runned, Jefferson attributed to the PT to negotiate positions and the transfer of money, as a monthly fee – the term “monthly” deputies as a way to buy support for support. Parliamentarians of the National Congress.
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He revealed that one of the scheme’s operators was publicist Marcos Valério, partner of DNA and SMP & B advertising agencies, who had contracts with public agencies. Another operator would be Delúbio Soares, PT treasurer. According to Jefferson, the two acted under the orders of the most important name of President Lula’s first term, the chief minister of the Civil House, José Dirceu. The trial by the Federal Supreme Court took place in 2012, with the Attorney General’s Office requesting the conviction of 37 of the 40 defendants.
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In an interview with Eldorado RadioProfessor José Álvaro Moisés, from the USP Institute of Advanced Studies, said the monthly and other scandals that came to light later are symptoms of a government system in which the executive needs the support of fragmented parties and faces a progressive loss of budget control for congress. “Coalition presidentialism collapsed,” said Moses.
