Brazylia.B. President Lula brought in for questioning ws. Petrobrasu – Gazeta Wyborcza

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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was on Friday briefly detained for questioning as part of an extensive anti-corruption investigation conducted by the Brazilian federal government.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          
 

                 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

         

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The investigation concerns the alleged involvement of people from the highest circles of power in the state-bribes passed the oil giant Petrobras. It shook the political and economic establishment in Brazil and contributed to deepening the most tragic decades of recession, in which plunged the most populous country in Latin America. This caused doubts as to whether Lula's protégé and his successor in the chair of President Dilma Rousseff will maintain his office.

The police entered on Friday morning to several objects related to Lula, including his mansion near Sao Paulo and the Institute Lula, who runs it as a non-profit organization - police said at a press conference in Curitiba, in southern Brazil, where is directed investigation into the Petrobrasu.

Under the order of the prosecutor's Lula was taken in for questioning at the police station that supports the federal Sao Paulo Congonhas airport. The hearing lasted three hours.

"No one in this country can not dodge the investigation. In Brazil, everyone can be covered by the investigation, if there is suspicion of a crime," - said the prosecutor Carlos Fernando Lima dos Santos. Both he and the police and tax authorities have declared the need to clarify the Institute Lula to pay 30 million reais (8.12 million dollars) in the form of fees for speeches and grants for construction companies, which were the main players in the scandal Petrobrasu. It works well if the repairs used by Lula country house and an apartment on the sea could provide gratification for a political favor.

After the hearing Lula stated that he conducted an investigation against him is a media representation, and declared that he had "nothing to fear".

Speaking before his supporters in the Workers Party headquarters in Sao Paulo pointed out that if the judge wanted to question him, it would be enough if he had asked. Earlier, Lula testified in the investigation voluntarily.

The current president Rousseff is not covered by the investigation on Petrobrasu, but is facing impeachment proceedings in Congress, who accused her of using the state pension fund to bridge budget deficits. Rousseff denies these allegations as baseless.

         

         

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