Renan Calheiros

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On 25 May 2007, Veja magazine accused Calheiros of accepting funds from a construction industry lobbyist,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/world/americas/brazil-president-temer-corruption.html|title=Brazil's President, Michel Temer, Embroiled in New Corruption Scandal|last=Romero|first=Simon

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to pay child support for a child from a previous extramarital affair with broadcast journalist Mônica Veloso. In trying to justify the origin of the funds, subsequent investigations into Calheiros' business dealings led to other revelations of income tax fraud and the use of a proxy to buy a stake in a radio station. Calheiros was subject to a disciplinary inquiry by the senate's ethics committee on four different counts. On 12 September 2007, the senate voted by secret ballot against impeaching Calheiros on the lobbyist funds accusation. He still faces{{when|date=July 2017}} three separate inquiries on other charges.[http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u327922.shtml Veja a cronologia do caso Renan Calheiros]. Folha de S. Paulo. 26 September 2007. Retrieved on 7 October 2007. After the vote public outrage forced congress to eliminate secret ballot voting for ethics violations, meaning Calheiros' three other inquiries, if approved by the ethics committee, will be subject to an open ballot vote in the senate floor.Guerreiro, Gabriela. [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/brasil/ult96u331779.shtml Senado aprova fim das sessões secretas para processos de cassação]. Folha de S. Paulo. 26 September 2007. Retrieved on 7 October 2007.

On 11 October 2007, Calheiros stepped down as president of the senate, taking a 45-day leave of absence from the position. The ethics inquiries continued to progress through the senate committees.[https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1143422920071012 Brazil Senate head steps down for now amid probe]. Reuters. 11 October 2007. Retrieved on 12 October 2007.

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Calheiros worked for both the Fernando Collor de Mello and Fernando Henrique Cardoso governments.[http://www.vermelho.org.br/diario/2002/0723/antero_0723.asp A guerra eleitoral e o mercado na Internet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015040029/http://www.vermelho.org.br/diario/2002/0723/antero_0723.asp |date=15 October 2007 }}

On 1 February 2013, he was again elected president of the Brazilian Senate.{{cite web|last=Campanerut|first=Camila|title=Denunciado ao STF, Renan Calheiros volta à presidência do Senado|url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2013/02/01/cinco-anos-apos-renuncia-renan-calheiros-volta-a-presidencia-senado.htm|work=UOL Notícias|publisher=Grupo Folha|access-date=1 February 2013|author2=Calgaro, Fernanda |location=Brasília|language=pt|date=1 February 2013}} Due to the accusations mentioned above, many Brazilians became upset about his election and some started an online petition demanding Renan's impeachment.{{cite news|title=Unstoppable?|url=https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21571896-despite-serial-corruption-allegations-old-guard-just-keeps-coming-back-unstoppable?fb_action_ids=10151515354305850&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=scn%2Ffb_ec%2Funstoppable_&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%2210151515354305850%22%3A379446695485972}&action_type_map={%2210151515354305850%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map={%2210151515354305850%22%3A%22scn\%2Ffb_ec\%2Funstoppable_%22}|newspaper=The Economist|publisher=Economist Group|access-date=14 February 2013|location=São Paulo|date=16 February 2013}} As of February 2013, it had been signed by more than 1.6 million Brazilians.

The Senate board (João Alberto, Sérgio Petecão, Zezé Perrella, Romero Jucá, Gladson Cameli, Vicentinho Alves) together with Renan Calheiros refused to obey an order from the Supreme Federal Court (Federal Supreme Court) to remove Calheiros from the presidency because he became defendant of embezzlement (peculation in the penal code). The Senate maneuvered so that the justice official could not handle the judicial notice and Calheiros refused to sign it.{{Cite news|url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/mesa-do-senado-se-recusa-a-cumprir-ordem-que-afasta-renan/|title=Mesa do Senado se recusa a cumprir ordem que afasta Renan|access-date=9 December 2016|via=veja.abril.com.br}}

The biggest implicated company, Odebrecht kept an entire department to coordinate the payment of bribes to politicians. In the Car Wash Operation, officers seized several electronic spreadsheets linking the payments to nicknames. Every corrupt politician received a nickname based on physical characteristics, public trajectory, personal infos, owned cars/boats, origin place or generic preferences. Renan Calheiro's nickname was 'Athlete' and 'Justice', referring to his morning routine of jogging and his position as president of Senate's Commission of Constitution and Justice.{{Cite news|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/apelidos-de-politicos-na-odebrecht-quem-e-quem.ghtml|title=Apelidos de políticos na Odebrecht: quem é quem|date=16 April 2017|publisher=G1}}

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• [http://www.senado.gov.br/web/senador/RenanCalheiros/default.asp Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007084011/http://www.senado.gov.br/web/senador/RenanCalheiros/default.asp |date=7 October 2007 }}
• [http://www.protestosbrasil.org/Videos/Peticao-de-saida-de-Renan-Calheiros-e-entregue-forarenan-20/ http://www.protestosbrasil.org/Videos/Peticao-de-saida-de-Renan-Calheiros-e-entregue-forarenan-20] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225163209/http://www.protestosbrasil.org/Videos/Peticao-de-saida-de-Renan-Calheiros-e-entregue-forarenan-20/ |date=25 December 2013 }}

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