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FEARING 'THIEF-GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC' AND 'SHAMES' ALL

BRAZILIANS.

JOESLEY BATISTA, OF THE JBS GROUP, CALLS TEMER THE 'THIEF-GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC'

DECLARATIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEURS WERE A REACTION TO THE NOTE OF THE PALACE OF THE PLANTATION WHICH CALLED HIM OF 'GENERAL STAPLER OF THE REPUBLIC'

BRASÍLIA - BUSINESSMAN JOESLEY BATISTA, FROM THE JBS GROUP, CALLED PRESIDENT MICHEL TEMER "A GENERAL THIEF OF THE REPUBLIC" AND SAID HE "SHAMES" ALL BRAZILIANS. LAW JATO'S INDICTMENT, JOESLEY SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT AWARD-WINNING COLLABORATION IS A RIGHT AND THAT THE ATTACK ON THAT PREROGATIVE REVEALS TEMER'S "INABILITY" TO DEFEND HIMSELF "FROM THE CRIMES HE COMMITS."

The statements of the businessman were a response to another note, released on Friday, 1, by the Secretariat of Communication of the Presidency (Secom), in an attempt to create a "vaccine" to the new complaint that the Attorney General's Office promises to file against To fear. At the time, the Planalto Palace disqualified operator Lúcio Funaro, who signed a plea bargain with the Public Prosecutor's Office, and referred to Joesley as "general stapler of the Republic."

"Prize-winning collaboration is a law that the President of the Republic must respect. Attacking the collaborators shows at least Mr. Michel Temer's inability to offer defense of the crimes he commits. Michel, who becomes the general thief of the Republic, shames all Brazilians, "Joesley replied in a note.

Antônio Cláudio Mariz de Oliveira, a lawyer for Temer, said the businessman's statement "does not deserve any response because of its origin and the well-known behavior of the offender." Joesley's testimony - which recorded a conversation with Temer at the Jaburu Palace - served as the basis for the first complaint lodged against the president by the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, for passive corruption.

"The answer has already been given by the Chamber of Deputies, which rejected the complaint based on the accusation of that same person," said Mariz.

STRATEGY

In anticipation of a new indictment, Temer decided to anticipate the strategy of strong political reaction to the content of Funaro's demarcation, still under secrecy. The State has found that the accusations of the operator reach not only Temer like other figures of expression in the PMDB, with potential to increase the crisis in the government. Facing this scenario, MPs from the Centrão - a group that brings together middle parties - are demanding the chairmanship of the Minister of the Government, Antonio Imbassahy (PSDB), responsible for political articulation, to renew support for Temer.

Secom said on Friday that Temer reserves the right not to treat "fictions and inventions". He also argued that Funaro's "supposed second accusation" presents "inconsistencies and inconsistencies characteristic of his crime trajectory" and insinuates a partnership between him and Joesley.

For the Planalto Palace, Joesley "lied" and omitted facts in his statement, and nonetheless "continues to have the eternal forgiveness" of Janot. "An equal or similar prize will be given to an even more notorious and dangerous criminal like Lucio Funaro?" The Secom note said.

The note points out that Funaro was arrested a year ago for "threatening to kill" his former trading partners and says it is unclear how his "conversion" happened in front of Janot. Ironically, the note asks what "magic" would have made the operator, "who betrayed the trust of Justice and Prosecutor," now gain credibility.

"In the face of the inexorable desire to persecute the President of the Republic, Funaro has been transformed into a trustworthy character, and wine has been made from vinegar, who guarantees that when he speaks to the Public Prosecutor's Office, an institution that has betrayed him once, ? ", the note asks. "If he could threaten someone's life to escape justice, could not he lie to have his sentence reduced? That would be, in the face of his record, to a minor crime."

The Planalto Palace has received information that Janot's denunciation of Temer will be obstructed this time. In the note, Secom mentions the dialogue clandestinely recorded by Joesley to claim that the president "never" obstructed justice.
"Joesley lied," he said, "but I do not know what to do with it, omitted and continues to have the eternal pardon of the attorney general. "An equal or similar award will be given to an even more notorious and dangerous criminal like Lucio Funaro?", provokes the note.

The first indictment against Temer for passive corruption was rejected by the House plenary on Aug. 2 and the second indictment is to be filed in the next few days by Janot, who leaves office on the 17th. On the counter-offensive, the president said that the Batista brothers reasserted their allegation, "demonstrating that they lied and omitted facts, especially in relation to frauds with the BNDES."

In the evaluation of the Planalto, the informers gave false testimony in Operation Bullish and were able, "comrades", to "correct" their lies to the attorney general. "Without a tug of ears at all," says the text released by Secom.