The former Civil House prime minister has been hospitalized for treatment of stomach cancer
the former minister Elisha Padilha, 77, died on the night of this Monday the 13th, at the age of 77. Padilha was hospitalized in serious condition at the Hospital Moinhos de Vento, in Porto Alegre, on Saturday morning 11. The hospitalization was due to stomach cancer, discovered a month ago, according to a statement released by the family. The former minister leaves behind his wife and children.
With an extensive resume in politics, Padilha has passed through the Legislative and Executive and has been a key player in the governments of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB), Dilma Rousseff (PT) and Michael Temer (MDB) – when he was head of the Civil House as well as having acted as an important political articulator of the government. He was a lawyer, businessman and politician. He was also national vice president of the MDB and vice president of the Ulysses Guimarães Foundation.
According to a statement released by the former minister, the vigil will take place on Wednesday 15, starting at 10, at the Piratini Palace, seat of the government of Rio Grande do Sul, and will be open to the public. After 5 pm, the body will be taken to the Angelus Shrine and Crematorium for a ceremony reserved for family members.
Born in Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, in 1945, Padilha graduated in law from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), joined the MDB in 1966, in the first years of the military dictatorship, and became mayor of the municipality of Tramandaí, on the northern coast of Rio Grande do Sul, in 1989 — after the democratic opening.
After his mandate in the municipality, Padilha emigrated to the National Congress, occupying a chair of federal deputy elected by Rio Grande do Sul for 16 years without interruption, between 1995 and 2011, and then for another 2 years, between 2013 and January 2015 Also in 1997, as a parliamentarian, he assumed the Ministry of Transport in the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB). He held the position until 2001.
The politician returned to the federal government for another year as Minister of the Civil Aviation Secretariat in 2015, during the government of Dilma Rousseff (PT). In 2016, after the PT’s impeachment, he became Temer’s chief of staff, a position he held when the cabinet changed in January 2019. He also temporarily held the position of labor minister for a short time in 2018, amassing the functions of the two ministries.
MBD extension
Padilha joined the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) in 1966. At the time, in full military regime, the acronym opposed dictatorship. From 1966 to 1967 he was vice president of the party in Canela, his hometown.
After bipartisanship died out in November 1979, the successor to the MDB was the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB), which Padilha joined in 1986. After four years, he became a member of the party’s State Council in Rio Grande do Sul. In 1993 he was elected to the state executive of the party, where he remained for one year.
During the National Congress, Padilha also served as deputy head of the PMDB and the FHC government between 1995 and 1998. It was during this period that the former minister played an active and important role in approving the amendment which provided for the possibility of re-election for the occupants of the Executive (President of the Republic, governors and mayors).
Padilha was also deputy group leader of the PMDB in the Chamber of Deputies in 2011, during the former president’s first term. Dilma Rousseff.
accusations
In September 2016, while occupying the Chief of Staff of the Temer Government, Padilha was accused by the former Chief of the Attorney General’s Office, Fabio Medina Osorio, of having created obstacles to actions to deepen the investigations of Operation Lava Jato. In December of the same year he ends up involved with the award-winning former director of institutional relations of Odebrecht Claudio Melo Filoin which she accused him of being responsible for distributing BRL 4 million from Odebrecht to Temer’s campaign.
This award-winning statement worked, in 2017, as material for the Attorney General’s Office denounce Padilha for involvement in corruption, along with other names in the party, such as then-president Michel Temer. The complaint defended the existence of an alleged criminal organization led by Temer and made up of supporters operating in various public entities – Petrobras, Furnas, Caixa Econômica, the Ministry of National Integration and the Chamber of Deputies – in exchange for bribes exceeding R $ 587 millions. The scheme became known as the “MDB Quadrillion”. In his defense, Padilha said the complaint was “inept” and “didn’t go beyond the confines of a political discourse”.
The trial lasted until 2021, when the federal court in Brasilia decided to acquit the group. In the judge’s assessment Marco Vinicio Reis Bastosthere would be evidence of association between politicians who corroborate the narrative constructed by the prosecution and that the complaint would be an attempt to “penalize politics”.
OR Federal prosecutor (MPF) appealed the decision, but, this Wednesday, 8, 2023, the Federal Regional Court of the First Region (TRF-1) upheld the group’s acquittal. Members of the 3rd panel of the regional court understood that there is no evidence of association between politicians to corroborate the narrative constructed by the prosecution.
The former minister Padilha has also been denounced by the MPF in other cases, such as having kept a “ghost” employee in his office when he was a federal deputy and for alleged actions by his companies to obtain and keep the Certificate of Assistance Body (cebas) of Lutheran University of Brazil (Ulbra). From the latter charge he was acquitted by Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region (TRF4) in July 2017.
Politicians and authorities have spoken of the death of the former minister. The governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite (PSDB), offered solidarity with Padilha’s family and described him as “an able and dedicated leader of RS and Brazil”. The deputy governor of the state, Gabriel Souza (MDB), described Padilha as “an emedebist radical and a born politician”. “His legacy as mayor of Tramandaí, federal deputy, minister of state for three different governments and party leader is enormous,” he wrote.
I welcome with regret the news of the death of Eliseu Padilha, an able and devoted leader of the RS and of Brazil, who was minister to three presidents of the Republic. My thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends at this sad time.
— Eduardo Leite (@EduardoLeite_) March 14, 2023
His legacy as mayor of Tramandaí, federal deputy, minister of state for three different governments and party leader is enormous. My affectionate embrace to his wife Simone, family and friends
— Gabriel Souza (@GabrielSouza_RS) March 14, 2023
The current president of the Ulysses Guimarães Foundation, Alceu Moreira, said Padilha “always stood out wherever he went”, whether as a minister, deputy or head of the institution.
MDB loses a great leader. Whether he was a minister, deputy or head of the FUG, Padilha always stood out wherever he went. My sincere condolences to the family.
— Alceu Moreira (@Alceu_Moreira) March 14, 2023
Also mourning the death were the president of Citizenship, Roberto Freire, and the former Minister of Mines and Energy in the Michel Temer government, Fernando Filho (União Brasil). “One of our country’s most articulate politicians, Eliseu was a public man who always fought and worked for the good of the Brazilian people,” wrote the former minister.
It is with great regret that I have received the sad news of the death of the former Minister of the Civil House, Eliseu Padilha. One of our country’s most articulate politicians, Eliseu was a public man who always fought and worked for the good of the Brazilian people. pic.twitter.com/kcd8TjkVrZ
— Fernando Filho (@fernandofilhope) March 14, 2023
Source: Terra
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