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Prosecution wants Temer included in Odebrecht payments investigation
The case refers to a dinner at Temer's residence, Jaburu Palace, in May 2014, at which an illegal payment of 10 million Reais (US$3,08m) 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. 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 the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party in 2014.
The case refers to a dinner at Jaburu Palace, in May 2014, at which an illegal payment of 10 million Reais (US$3,08m) 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.
Dodge disagrees with such understanding in her petition. According to the prosecutor, the president “cannot be held accountable, under a criminal action, during his term in office”, but he can be investigated.
She emphasized that an accurate investigation, as close as possible to facts, is required in order to prevent witnesses from forgetting details and records and footage from being discarded.
“The facts reported by informers and the elements of corroboration they brought require immediate investigation.”
The administration reported that the president will not comment on Dodge's request and on suspicions raised by informers.
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Read all commentsDodge not so dodgy as we think,eh Twinkle?
Mar 03rd, 2018 - 06:13 pm 0The correct move, but it'll have little practical effect....Temer's luck will be decided by the STF, which might get around to examining the case and taking a decision, sometime in 2028...
Mar 03rd, 2018 - 07:34 pm 0@JB:
Mar 04th, 2018 - 02:04 pm 0REF: “sometime in 2028”: You mean THAT quickly?
The whole investigation is a farce - with a bare minimum cosmetic, superficial & temporary dramatizing effect, just to thrill the Mass Media & thereby, the ignorant masses! If there is anything better as the result; it may be an additional benefit. But as we know better; things NEED to get worse befor getting better!
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