Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU) urges swift investigations into Odebrecht's plea bargain.
Attempting to demonstrate his fearlessness, Michel Temer urged the Attorney General's Office to expedite investigations into the Odebrecht plea bargain, as well as the leaked excerpts from the first plea bargain, which implicates him and ministers in his government. The document, signed jointly with Minister Grace Mendonça of the Attorney General's Office (AGU), argues that the "illegitimate disclosure of alleged plea bargains" causes "interference" in measures being taken by the government to combat the economic crisis.
247 Brazil's Attorney General, Minister Grace Mendonça, along with President Michel Temer, filed a request with the Attorney General's Office, headed by Rodrigo Janot, to expedite the investigations into the Odebrecht plea bargain.
"The Union requests that Your Excellency examine the possibility of expediting the conclusion of the ongoing investigations. It also requests that the plea bargains be finalized as soon as possible, sent to the Court for analysis and possible approval," says an excerpt from the text.
The government justifies its request by citing the need to approve measures to combat the economic crisis. "The implementation of these and other public policies under the responsibility of the federal government has been suffering interference from the illegitimate disclosure of alleged plea bargain testimonies," which leaves the government "seriously obstructed."