O texto que publico agora me deu um pouco de trabalho.
Trata-se de um texto que a principio eu desconfiei das suas fontes e de sua
autenticidade. O próprio senador o publicou na Internet e há fontes
estrangeiras, então é com muita prudência que eu publico o texto.
Para começar é preciso lembrar que o Juiz Federal citado foi
afastado de suas funções. Depois precisamos lembrar que há um dispositivo
constitucional que obriga ao governante dar ciência dos atos de governo; pode-se
também lembrar que a Escola de Governo era um programa completo de formação do
funcionalismo estadual, cuja apresentação de TV era apenas um dos aspectos.
Insisto ainda, que o senador foi o primeiro a propor uma lei regulando o
nepotismo, pois para ele, o que impede o exercício de uma função publica não é
o parentesco, mas a ausência de pré-requisitos para o exercício do cargo, assim
como, o fato de ser parente, não é de modo algum o requisito prioritário. Pois
como diz a Constituição é livre o exercício de qualquer profissão cumpridos os
requisitos previsto em lei para o seu exercício, garantida essa liberdade
contra qualquer discriminação.
Finalmente devo dizer que esse documento por ora publicado,
deu origem a uma circular inter bancaria, nos EUA, que alertava para que os
bancos que tivessem negócios de expressão com o Brasil deveriam fazer de tudo
ao seu alcance para inviabilizar a candidatura de Requião pelo PMDB, então o
maior partido político do Brasil impedindo-o de candidatar-se à Presidência da
Republica, fato este confirmado pelo Coronel José Anselmo de Oliveira.
Sem mais boa leitura, cumprindo o que prometemos.
Geraldo Azegna Sobriño.
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~1.
(SBU) Summary: A dispute between Parana State Governor Roberto Requiao
and federal prosecutors and judges has attracted widespread media
attention. Prosecutors accused the Governor of using the state's
public educational television channel as a vehicle to promote his
own political agenda and to disparage his opponents. After a
federal appeals judge ordered him to desist, Requiao responded by
having technicians mute the sound whenever he spoke and flash
CENSOREO across his face in large red letters. When the judge then
fined him 58,888 ReaIs (about USO 28,598), Requiao declared himself
a "gagged Governor" and accused the courts of violating his
freedom of expression. In the course of the controversy, the Governor
temporarily pulled the offending program off the air and publicly
upbraided the state's Prosecutor General 50 vociferously that she
submitted her resignation. This latest imbroglio is but one in a
series of high-profile controversies involving the mercurial and unpredictable
Requiao. End Summary.
~2.
(U) Roberto Requiao of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB)
was elected Governor of Parana in 2002, a state of 10.3 million
immediately south of Sao Paulo. He was re-elected in 2006by the
razor-thin margin of two tenths of one percent, or about 10,000
votes. During his time in office, he has undertaken a series of
populist measures - anti-globalization, anti-privatization, anti-GMO
- that have earned him both plaudits and harsh criticism.
~3.
(U) The latest case revolves around a weekly program called "School
of Government," which is carried by Educational Radio and Television
of Para na (RTVE), the government-funded public broadcasting
service. The program is designed as a forum for state employees to
share experiences and views on the challenges of public administration
and issues facing the government. Requiao has appeared on the show
frequently since taking office. Recently, however, he has come to
dominate the agenda with his increasingly strident and personal
tone. Live and unscripted, he freely expresses his often
unconstrained opinion of other politicians, the media, and various
government entities, including the judiciary.
~4.
(U) Federal prosecutors charged Requiao in December 2007 with misuse
of public resources for personal ends. A district court found for
the Governor, but Appeals Judge Edgar Lippmann of the Regional
Federal Tribunal found merit in the complaint. The judge declined
to pull the program from the airwaves as prosecutors had requested,
but he ordered Requiao to stop promoting his personal agenda on
the public airwaves. Never one to take criticism sitting down, the
Governor appeared on the show the following week but had his voice
muted and the word "CENSORED" flashed in large letters across
the screen, together with the judge's name, whenever he spoke.
Judge Lippmann, not amused, fined the Governor 50,000 ReaIs, and
on January 22, the Association of Federal Judges of Brazil (Ajufe)
ordered RTVE to broadcast, every fifteen minutes over a 24-hour
period, its note of redress supporting the judge and criticizing
the Governor for making a mockery of judicial orders. Requiao,
outraged, ordered the station to close down rather than comply. This
was when he had his loud confrontation with state Prosecutor-General
Jozelia Nogueira Broliani, who was seeking a compromise solution.
Shortly after the scene, Broliani submitted her resignation and
gave press interviews explaining why.
~5.
(U) Requiao allowed the station back on the air the following day,
broadcasting both Ajufe's note and his own response to it. He has
cast the controversy in freedom of speech terms. Requiao claims the
media dislike him because he cut the state's advertising budget, and
that prosecutors and judges have it in for him because he has criticized
their high salaries. Some journalism associations have supported
the Governar, arguing that the appeals judge and Ajufe went toa
far in trying to contraI the program's contento Even the SAO PAULO
00000061 002 OF 003 Parana chapter of the Bar Association, while
deploring Requiao's treatment of the Prosecutor General, opined
that Ajufe's insistence on the repeated broadcast of its note in
support of the judge was disproportionate.
~6.
(U) Eduardo Guimaraes, a municipal official in the state capital,
Curitiba, and a long-time Requiao watcher, told Poloff that everyone
was in suspense to see what would happen on the next episode of
"School of Government," scheduIed for luesday, January ~29.
It proved to be an anti-climax. Governar Requiao was on official
traveI - ironically, to Cuba - and Lieutenant Governar Orlando
Pesutti took his place and delivered a non-controversialpresentation
on public wo rks. lhe Carnaval holiday offers the Governar some
time to decide whether he wants to escalate the conflict ar let it
die.
~7.
(SBU) Consul General (CG) called on Governar Requiao in Curitiba on
January 14, in the midst of the controversy. lhe mercurial Requiao,
in good form, quipped that he might get even more political benefit
from judicial "censorship" than he is accused of getting
from misusing public television.
~8.
(SBU) Governar Requiao is no stranger to controversy and indeed at
times appears to welcome it. In 2003, for example, he banned the cultivation
and transportation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) within
Para na state borders, essentially diverting large quantities of
soy and other agricultural products away from the Port of
Paranagua. (Note: lhe ban was a severe, if temporary, blow to port
commercial activity. lhe Governor's brother, Eduardo Requiao, is
the Superintendent of the Administration of the Ports of paranagua
and Antonina. End Note.) The GMO ban was challenged in court and
was eventuaIIy overturned by the Superior Federal Tribunal (STF).
However, the effort made Requico a hero to anti-GMO activists and
garnered a great deal of attention, while earning him the enmity
of state agricultural and business interests. Per reftel, Requiao
has expressed a desire to drive Switzerland-based GMO producer
Syngenta Seeds out of the state, and recently blamed the company
for a violent confrontation between Landless Movement (MST)
miIitants and private security guards in the company's employ that
left two people dead.
~9.
(U) In August 2ee6, ConGen Sao Paulo was briefly involved in a contretemps
with Requiao when portions of then-CG's remarks at the signing of
an agreement between U.S. Department of Commerce and paranagua
Port were incorporated out of context in the Governor's televised
campaign advertisements. Post was obliged to issue a clarification
and insist that the Governor remove the remarks from the campaign
ads.
~l0.(SBU)
In anotehr episode, the Governor refused to allow concessionaires
to raise the tolls on state highways, even though the increases
were provided for under the companies' contracts with the state.
The previous administration had privatized a number of state
roads, but Requiao, who opposes privatization on principIe, said
the tolls were too high. Again, the concessionaires had to take
the state government to court to ensure compliance with the terms
of the contract. Since that time, militants from the Landless Movement
(MST), besides invading and occupying rural property, periodically
attack toll booths, drive the collectors out, Iet traffic pass for
free, and set up stands along the highway to seII their wares,
while state police stand by and watch. Many accuse Governor
Requiao, an acknowledged MST supporter (reftel), of encouraging
these attacks. At the very Ieast, his views encourage MST and
anti-GMO activists to count on tepid state law enforcement action
to protect property.
~11.
(U) In the aftermath of his confrontation with the federal judiciary,
the Governor is facing renewed criticism - and another potential
battle with prosecutors - over alleged nepotism. In addition to
his brother Eduardo as Ports Superintendent, another SAO PAULO eeeeee61
ee3 OF ee3 brother, Mauricio Requiao, serves as Secretary of
Education. Two of his nephews also serve in state government, and
First Lady Maristela Quarenghi de MeIo e Silva is president of the
Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Curitiba, a state entity that also
receives federal and private funds.
~12.
(SBU) Comment: Requiao is a polarizing figure who has been characterized
by one long-time political rival as a "PinoChavez," i.e.,
an authoritarian populist. That said, he is not without his supporters.
He has established good relations with the Lula administration and
is given credit for obtaining federal funding for the state. Even
many of his detractors admit that he works hard and has delivered
good government to his state. While some critics claim he is
mentally deranged, there appears to be considerable political
calculation in his theatrics; in this respect, he sometimes
resembles Hugo Chavez, a friend and ally whom he hosted in Curitiba
in April 2886. Sao Paulo Federal Police Superintendent Dr. Jaber
Makul Hanna Saad, who worked closely for many years with Governor
Requiao in Curitiba, told CG in late January that Requiao is
considerably better than his rhetoric, although he will "do what
is needed" to advance his political fortunes. Governor Requiao
briefly sought his party's presidential nomination in 2886 and may
be thinking of trying again in 2818.
~13.
(SBU) Comment continued: In this particular instance, the real issue
is Requiao's partisan use of what is intended as a neutral public
service broadcasting vehicle. Unfortunately, the line between
providing information on government activities and purveying political
propaganda is not always clear, especially to Brazilian politicians,
and Requiao is uniquely susceptible to losing sight of acceptable
boundaries. End Comment.
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