Roberto Jefferson - This is dying with me. I'm not saying it even i

This is dying with me. I'm not saying it even if I'm tied to a tree and being stabbed. I assume all the civilian and criminal responsibility

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A Real is a a Brazilian unit of currency. The money was given illegally and might have determined the outcome of a national election. In an unusual example of party loyalty, he refused to implicate others in the party in the scandal. It is assumed that the money was used to bribe voters and/or local election officials to stuff the ballot boxes.

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Roberto Jefferson, Brazilian Member of Parliament (Workers’ Party), Refusing to tell how did he use the 4 million Reals he received from the Workers' Party, June 30, 2005

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