In a speech, Padilha admits �exchange-swap� on charges

Chief Cabinet Minister says federal government swaps appointments to important positions on the Esplanade for record support in the National Congress

The Chief of Staff, Eliseu Padilha (PMDB) , admitted that the federal government exchanges nominations for important positions on the Esplanade for political support in the National Congress. The statements were made in a speech that the minister, one of the closest to President Michel Temer , held in the Federal Savings Bank. The information is from this Tuesday�s edition of the newspaper  O Estado de S. Paulo .

To exemplify his point to those present, Eliseu Padilha quoted the Minister of Health, Ricardo Barros (PP) . During the assembly period of his government, Temer said he wanted to set up a ministry of �notables� and considered, for Health, the name of the renowned surgeon Raul Cutait. To confirm the appointment, the president wanted the PP to embrace the surgeon�s choice as his appointment. Did not work.

In the speech, still according to the newspaper, Padilha told those present that he told a party representative �the health is yours, but we would like to have a remarkable�, to which he heard in response �tells the president that our remarkable is The deputy Ricardo Barros �. In the next dialogue, he asked whether the caption guaranteed �all party votes� in favor of the government. Faced with the positive return, he said: �Then Ricardo will be the remarkable�.

Record support

The objective of the exchanges, according to the head of the Civil House, would be to obtain a record support in the National Congress . �There is not in the history of Brazil a government that has achieved 88% of the Congress. That Vargas did not have, JK did not have it, FHC did not have it, Lula did not have it, only we got it, �Padilha boasted.

Last Saturday, the online Radar column said that the government would like to replace the �remarkable� PP. Since August, when the minister has been embroiled in a controversy saying that men are less looking for the doctor because they �work harder� , the column, published on the VEJA website, informs that the head of Health is discredited with the government . The party, however, continues to support it.