Mr Aníbal Gomes (PMDB-CE) (Glauber Queiroz / ME / Handout)
Congressman Aníbal Gomes (PMDB-CE), named by prosecutors as the agent of the President of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDN-AL), the petrolão the scandal, said the Federal Police who sought, with the PMDB cadres, political support for then Petrobras' director of Supply Paulo Roberto Costa.Gomes denied having received or demanded bribes in exchange for party support former leader, although Costa has already stated the Lava authorities Jet, at the behest of Calheiros, the deputy attended contractors with meetings to discuss tuition values obtained from fraudulent contracts with Petrobras. The former head of state is one of the main informers of petrolão scandal.
In the Federal Police (PF), the deputy said he presented the former director of Petrobras Renan Calheiros and offered a little doable version for the meeting between the senator and the former head of the oil: "[The show] was made because that Paulo Roberto Costa was always a very courteous person, given its institutional claims and also because it was ahead of the implementation of the refinery in Ceara. " The deputy said there was no reason why Costa claimed he was acting on behalf of Renan, despite the proximity of the two parliamentarians be clear: Aníbal Gomes employed in his office Rodrigo Calheiros, a senator's son. Plus, Aníbal Gomes said he met about eighty times with Costa just "to take requests from companies interested in to register to attend Petrobras bids".
At the meeting where Costa was presented to the staff of the PMDB were present, along with Renan, Senator Romero Juca (PMDB-RR) and Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), former Speaker of the House. Despite the negotiations, the deputy said the former director of Petrobras "was not supported by the PMDB to stay on as Director of Supply" version that conflicts with the calculation of researchers from Lava jet.
The testimony of Aníbal Gomes to the chief of PF Josélio de Sousa was marked by contradictions: the Parliament could not explain the origin of 1.8 million reais it had in cash at his home. In a second step, he changed his version and said he had just 200,000 reais at his residence.
Renan Calheiros is investigated in the Supreme Court for the crimes of bribery, conspiracy and money laundering. In addition to the charges of pocketing bribes from fraudulent contracts in the state, the prosecutor points out that the current president of the Senate and of the PMDB bench in the House pushed for Paulo Roberto Costa remained the company from front to pass through to bribe parliamentarians of the company. Sending bribe was, according to the MP, mediated by lobbyist Fernando Soares, known for Fernando Baiano, while Aníbal Gomes Calheiros acted as intermediary in the criminal scheme in Petrobras. The compromising revelations against Renan were made in denunciation of agreements awarded the money changer Alberto Youssef and former director Paulo Roberto Costa.
