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'If Government Stops with Every Denunciation It Will Be Difficult,' Says Temer

10/19/2016 - 11h53

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"If every time someone mentions the name of someone this hampers the government, it is difficult", declared Brazilian President, Michel Temer, saying the involvement of auxiliary names in suspicion of corruption should not impair the due course of government reforms in the legislature.

According to "Veja" magazine, Claudio Melo Filho, former vice president of Odebrecht's Institutional Relations, mentioned in talks for a bargain plea deal that Moreira Franco (Department of Infrastructure Privatization Program), minister Geddel Vieira Lima (Secretary of Government) and senator Romero Jucá (PMDB-RR) had received bribes.
 
"The involvement of the names took place, lets agree, for now, by a simple statement. If one day it consolidates, the government will see what to do", Temer said in an interview on Tuesday (18), in Japan.

In the morning, Moreira Franco had reaffirmed the contents of the note released by his press office, describing the suspicion as an "outrageous lie".

On Monday (17), the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paulo" showed that, in her statement, one informer from Carioca Engenharia said she bought overpriced cattle from the company owned by minister of Sports Leonardo Picciani's family as a way to generate cash to slush fund.
 
Temer repeated again during the interview the terms that have marked his pronouncements: rebuilding the country, dialogue with Congress, control of public finances and economic growth.

The president said he will maintain with the Congress a dialogue classified as "fruitful, because we have already approved a lot over these months, even a more complicated one such as the Ceiling Proposed Constitutional Amendment (limiting public spending). Through dialogue, there is great interaction of the Executive with the Legislature".
 
The same mottos were used in the speech to Japanese entrepreneurs and investors made in the morning by Moreira Franco.
 
Temer also stated that the control of public finances is a priority, but that, even so, the control of the public debt will take "two or three years".
 
This is the first visit of a Brazilian president to Japan since 2006. Among Temer's goals in the trip are to open the Japanese market for Brazilian agricultural products and attract investments to the concessions program.

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Brazil's President, Michel Temer
Brazil's President, Michel Temer

Translated by MARINA DELLA VALLE

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