The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Aldo Rebelo (PCdoB - Communist Party of Brazil), said he did not believe in the existence of an under-the-table deal to free deputies accused of involvement in the so-called "mensalão" scandal from expulsion.

"I do not believe there is any secret agreement on punishment or innocence, either in the Ethics Council or in the Chamber itself. I do not believe there is any secret deal at all," said Rebelo.

On Tuesday, deputy Osmar Serraglio, a high-ranking member of the Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) that is investigating the "mensalão" declared that he was afraid many of those involved in the payment scheme which reportedly gave a kind of monthly allowance to members of Congress in return for support of government measures would go unpunished.

Serraglio went public with his suspicions that there was a secret deal being made to allow the rest of the accused to go free (so far two deputies have been expelled because of the scandal: Roberto Jefferson (PTB-RJ) and José Dirceu (PT-SP). The Ethics Council has recommended the expulsion of eleven more deputies.

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Afraid and fears ?
written by Guest, January 06, 2006

Dont be afraid or feared.
Nothing will happen.

Everything is already in the largest ever brazilian Pizza.

Politicians already eated it.

It is all over.

THEY WON ONCE MORE !

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