Brazilian Vote Buying parliamentary commission present first joint preliminary report
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[[Image:Cpis122514.jpeg|left|300px|thumb|Brasília &mdash; The Post Office and Vote Buying  parliamentary commissions of investigation. Photo: José Cruz/ABr.]]
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The Post Office and Vote Buying  parliamentary commissions of investigation  unanimously approved on Thursday (1) their first  joint preliminary    report of   activities. The text was prepared by their redactors, Osmar Serraglio ([[w:/Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement|PMDB]]) and Ibrahim Abi-Ackel ([[w:Progressive Party (Brazil)|PP]]), from Post Office and Vote Buying commissions respectively.

The deputies cited in the report are: Carlos Rodrigues ([[w:Liberal Party (Brazil)|PL]]-[[w:Rio de Janeiro (state)|RJ]]), José Janene (PP-[[w:Paraná|PR]]), Pedro Correia (PP-[[w:Pernambuco|PE]]), Pedro Henry (PP-[[w:Mato Grosso do Sul|MS]]), Sandro Mabel (PL-[[w:Goiás|GO]]), João Magno ([[w:Workers' Party (Brazil)|PT]]-[[w:Minas Gerais|MG]]), João Paulo Cunha (PT-[[w:São Paulo|SP]]), José Borba (PMDB-PR), Josias Gomes da Silva (PT-[[w:Bahia|BA]]), Paulo Rocha (PT-BA), Professor Luizinho (PT-SP), Romeu Queiroz ([[w:Brazilian Labour Party|PTB]]-MG), Vadão Gomes (PP-SP), Vanderval Santos (PL-SP), José Mentor (PT-SP), Roberto Brant ([[w:Party of the Liberal Front (Brazil)|PFL]]-MG), José Dirceu (PT-SP) and Roberto Jefferson (PTB-RJ).

The report indicts 18 Brazilian deputies and the former deputy Valdemar Costa Neto [who resigned on  August 1].  They are accused of illegal campaign finance activities, of placing cronies in strategic positions in government enterprises and getting kickbacks from them, and of receiving cash payments in exchange for voting in line with the government in the Brazilian Congress.

The redactors called the allegation made by some parliamentarians that the resources  were used to settle debts with electoral campaigns a "lame excuse".  According to them it is  "perfectly plausible"  that the loans taken by the businessman Marcos Valerio at the Banco Rural and the BMG for the ruling [[w:Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT) were false and created to make the illegal funds seem legal.  

In regards to the denunciations done by deputy [[w:Roberto Jefferson|Roberto Jefferson]] (PTB) the report says:

* Everything which he said that could be investigated showed to be true, including confessions against himself .  
* Everything that must be compared to other testimonies showed a great degree of truth. As a matter of fact, all of who, hurriedly, questioned him, saw their defenses collapse, before the successive discoveries.

According to the report, the businessman Marcos Valério  is a not reliable person because of  his contraditory testmonies.

The report says that several documents were identified and reviewed proving that large sums of money were withdrawn from agencies of the Rural Bank,  in [[w:Brasilia|Brasilia]] and [[w:Belo Horizonte|Belo Horizonte]], as well as from bank accounts of the enterprises SMPB and DNA Propaganda.  According to the documents the  beneficiaries  were federal deputies who received the money in person or through relatives, advisers, or  persons nominated by Marcos Valério.

The report affirms that it is possible that some payments were made on a monthly basis, and others more or less frequently. Nevertheless, according to the report  the periodicity of the payments is the less important fact.

==External page==
* [http://www.cpmidoscorreios.org.br/1relatorio.htm  Post Office and Vote Buying parliamentary commissions of investigation  first joint preliminary report (in Portuguese)]

== Sources ==
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|author=Allen Bennett (translation)
|pub=Agencia Brasil
|date=September 2, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.radiobras.gov.br/materia_i_2004.php?materia=238270&editoria=
|title=CPI report discards Valerio's version of PT loans
|author=Luciana Vasconcelos, Allen Bennett (translation)
|pub=Agencia Brasil
|date=September 2, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.radiobras.gov.br/materia_i_2004.php?materia=238186&q=1&editoria=
|title=Aprovado o relatório parcial das CPIs dos Correios e da Compra de Votos
|author=Marcos Chagas
|pub=Agencia Brasil
|date= September 1, 2005 }}

*{{source|url=http://www.camara.gov.br/internet/agencia/materias.asp?pk=73970
|title=CPMIs recomendam abertura de processo contra 18 deputados
|author=Idhelene Macedo (report), Paulo Cesar Santos (revision)
|pub=Agencia Camara (Brazil)
|date=September 1, 2005 }}

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Brasília — The Post Office and Vote Buying  parliamentary commissions of investigation. Photo: José Cruz/ABr.

The Post Office and Vote Buying  parliamentary commissions of investigation  unanimously approved on Thursday (1) their first  joint preliminary    report of   activities. The text was prepared by their redactors, Osmar Serraglio (PMDB) and Ibrahim Abi-Ackel (PP), from Post Office and Vote Buying commissions respectively.

The deputies cited in the report are: Carlos Rodrigues (PL-RJ), José Janene (PP-PR), Pedro Correia (PP-PE), Pedro Henry (PP-MS), Sandro Mabel (PL-GO), João Magno (PT-MG), João Paulo Cunha (PT-SP), José Borba (PMDB-PR), Josias Gomes da Silva (PT-BA), Paulo Rocha (PT-BA), Professor Luizinho (PT-SP), Romeu Queiroz (PTB-MG), Vadão Gomes (PP-SP), Vanderval Santos (PL-SP), José Mentor (PT-SP), Roberto Brant (PFL-MG), José Dirceu (PT-SP) and Roberto Jefferson (PTB-RJ).

The report indicts 18 Brazilian deputies and the former deputy Valdemar Costa Neto who resigned on  August 1.  They are accused of illegal campaign finance activities, of placing cronies in strategic positions in government enterprises and getting kickbacks from them, and of receiving cash payments in exchange for voting in line with the government in the Brazilian Congress.

The redactors called the allegation made by some parliamentarians that the resources  were used to settle debts with electoral campaigns a "lame excuse".  According to them it is  "perfectly plausible"  that the loans taken by the businessman Marcos Valerio at the Banco Rural and the BMG for the ruling Workers' Party (PT) were false and created to make the illegal funds seem legal.  

In regards to the denunciations done by deputy Roberto Jefferson (PTB) the report says:

* Everything which he said that could be investigated showed to be true, including confessions against himself .  
* Everything that must be compared to other testimonies showed a great degree of truth. As a matter of fact, all of who, hurriedly, questioned him, saw their defenses collapse, before the successive discoveries.

According to the report, the businessman Marcos Valério  is a not reliable person because of  his contraditory testmonies.

The report says that several documents were identified and reviewed proving that large sums of money were withdrawn from agencies of the Rural Bank,  in Brasilia and Belo Horizonte, as well as from bank accounts of the enterprises SMPB and DNA Propaganda.  According to the documents the  beneficiaries  were federal deputies who received the money in person or through relatives, advisers, or  persons nominated by Marcos Valério.

The report affirms that it is possible that some payments were made on a monthly basis, and others more or less frequently. Nevertheless, according to the report  the periodicity of the payments is the less important fact.

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