Maybe. Maybe not.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government has been accused of corruption by the head of the Brazilian Labor Party, Roberto Jefferson. Lula has denied his government has bribed lawmakers to back some of its policies, and today Worker's Party Treasurer Delubio Soares said he would let lawmakers check the books--both his and his parties.
Could it be political?
The furor erupted on Monday when Labor Party head Roberto Jefferson, a government ally, accused the Workers' Party of paying some lawmakers in two alliance parties up to $12,000 a month to back its policies...
Jefferson is at the center of another corruption scandal involving graft at the state postal service and is likely to face great pressure to present evidence of his accusations after Soares' statements.
The lower chamber of Congress' ethics council launched a legal action against Jefferson on Wednesday to force him to present proof of his accusations. That action was requested by the head of the Liberal Party, one of the two parties in the government alliance that Jefferson said had received payments.
Stay tuned. Someone seems to be fomenting unrest....
In the meantime, keep an eye on Bolivia. They may be about to join the "New Axis of Evil."TM
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