Brazil's Prosecutor General Requests Supreme Court to Include President Temer in Investigation

02/28/2018 - 11H18


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REYNALDO TUROLLO JR.
FROM BRASÍLIA

On Tuesday (27), prosecutor general, Raquel Dodge, requested Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Edson Fachin, to include president Michel Temer in the list of those under investigation in an inquiry launched last year to determine Odebrecht's alleged payments to party Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) in 2014.

The case refers to a dinner at Jaburu Palace, in May 2014, at which an illegal payment of R$ 10 million (US$ 3,08 million) was allegedly agreed.

Eliseu Padilha (chief of staff) and Moreira Franco (secretary-general of the presidency), both members of MDB, are currently targeted by the inquiry.

When the inquiry was initiated, then prosecutor general, Rodrigo Janot, understood that the Brazilian Constitution forbade investigating the president for alleged crimes prior to taking office.

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