Iolando Lourenço
Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília – In testimony yesterday, adman/businessman Marcos Valerio, declared that he never spoke directly about loans to the PT with the then presidential Chief of Staff (ministro-chefe da Casa Civil), José Dirceu (PT-SP), who has returned to the Chamber of Deputies since resigning.
Valerio said that the PT treasurer, Delubio Soares, told him that Dirceu knew about the loans.

Valerio explained that he had four meetings with the head of the Casa Civil. Each time he was accompanied by representatives of the Banco Rural, BMG, Banco do Espirito Santo and the electricity company, Cemig. "We never discussed the loans. He did not permit that. However, I assumed that he knew because the banks automatically renewed the loans," said Valerio.

Translator: Allen Bennett