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Brazil senator's plea bargain implicates Rousseff, Lula: media
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Mar 3, 2016 2:18pm EST
Brazil senator's plea bargain implicates Rousseff, Lula: media
BRASILIA | BY ANTHONY BOADLE
Brazilian ruling party Senator Delcidio do Amaral has implicated President Dilma Rousseff and ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Petrobras graft scandal as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, local media reported on Thursday.
If confirmed, the revelations in a 400-page statement seen by weekly newsmagazine IstoE provide ammunition to Rousseff's opponents, who are trying to impeach her or invalidate her 2014 re-election.
Amaral was the leader of the Workers' Party in the Senate and Rousseff's point man on economic policy until his arrest in November on obstruction of justice charges. He was released from jail on Feb. 19, just days after his plea statements to prosecutors, IstoE reported.
Amaral reportedly testified that Rousseff had used her influence to keep directors suspected of corruption in positions at Petrobras. The state-run oil company formally known as Petroleo Brasileiro SA is at the center of the massive bribery and political kickback scandal.
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Brazil senator's plea bargain implicates Rousseff, Lula: media
BRASILIA | BY ANTHONY BOADLE
Brazilian ruling party Senator Delcidio do Amaral has implicated President Dilma Rousseff and ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Petrobras graft scandal as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, local media reported on Thursday.
If confirmed, the revelations in a 400-page statement seen by weekly newsmagazine IstoE provide ammunition to Rousseff's opponents, who are trying to impeach her or invalidate her 2014 re-election.
Amaral was the leader of the Workers' Party in the Senate and Rousseff's point man on economic policy until his arrest in November on obstruction of justice charges. He was released from jail on Feb. 19, just days after his plea statements to prosecutors, IstoE reported.
Amaral reportedly testified that Rousseff had used her influence to keep directors suspected of corruption in positions at Petrobras. The state-run oil company formally known as Petroleo Brasileiro SA is at the center of the massive bribery and political kickback scandal.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN0W52E2