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Lula da Silva to be investigated over the vote-buying scheme in Congress

Wednesday, January 9th 2013 - 18:30 UTC
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Brazilian prosecutors will likely investigate former President Lula da Silva's alleged involvement in a vote-buying scheme in Congress that led to the conviction of several of his closest aides for corruption, two newspapers reported. Read full article

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  • ChrisR

    It was always going to be thus.

    And those wallflowers who denied the evidence that was in plain sight need to rethink their position.

    I say again: either he was taking bribes OR he was incompetent in that he (claims) did not know anything about it [he was ONLY the President, ha, ha, ha].

    Even if convicted he will not be sent to jail.

    Jan 10th, 2013 - 10:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • emerald

    vote buying ?...no !
    vote manipulating ?..it's OK but prevailing for all countries.

    Jan 10th, 2013 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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