Janot ignores pressure from Temer to stop the bleeding of Lava Jato.
"The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office only exercises its function of investigating evidence of crimes cited by collaborators, with responsibility and professionalism. The development of investigations follows its own timeline, independent of the country's political agenda," declared the Attorney General's Office in a statement responding to Michel Temer's letter, in which he alleged that the Odebrecht plea bargains could harm the country's economic agenda; the first chapter targeted Temer and his main ministers.
The Attorney General's Office (PGR) released a statement today (13) in which it affirms that the investigations of Operation Lava Jato follow "their own time, independent of the country's political agenda". According to the statement, "no investigation aims to interfere with or influence the country's political agenda".
Yesterday (12), the President Michel Temer asked the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, to expedite the testimonies of those under investigation to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office and finalize "as soon as possible" the processes for any potential approvals of plea bargains.
"The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office only carries out its function of investigating evidence of crimes cited by collaborators, with responsibility and professionalism. The development of investigations follows its own timeline, independent of the country's political agenda," the Attorney General's Office stated in a note.
In his request to Janot, President Temer argued that the country is going through "serious economic and political crises" and said that the fiscal adjustment measures conducted by the government have been "suffering interference from the illegitimate disclosure" of testimonies from informants, in a criticism of the leaks. According to him, as long as the testimonies are not completed and approved, the country will continue in a "climate of distrust that generates uncertainty."
Earlier, the prosecutor's office She was criticized by the president of the Senate.Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), denounced yesterday by the Attorney General's Office to the Supreme Court in one of the Lava Jato investigations. According to the congressman, the Public Prosecutor's Office "has started to play politics".