Committee Seeks Valerio Imprisonment

The Brazilian congressional committee investigating alleged corruption at the state post office voted 19-1 to jail ad executive Marcos Valerio Fernandes de Souza to prevent him from destroying evidence. Lower house deputy Roberto Jefferson testified on June 14 that Valerio helped the ruling Workers’ Party bribe lawmakers to win their votes in congress and illegally funded campaigns for the ruling coalition and opposition parties. Former Workers´ Party treasurer Delubio Soares quit on July 5 after admitting he sought Valerio as a guarantor of the loans.