'The problem of corruption is not partisan, it is structural'
A member of the Lava Jato task force, federal prosecutor Carlos Fernando dos Santos Lima, said on Tuesday that "the problem of corruption is not partisan"; "The problem of corruption is structural to Brazilian politics," he said in a press conference about Operation Resta Um, the 33rd phase of Lava Jato launched this morning to investigate the construction company Queiroz Galvão and the alleged transfer of R$ 10 million to the then president of the PSDB in 2009, Senator Sérgio Guerra (deceased in 2014), to stifle the Petrobras CPI, which was underway in Congress at the time.
247 - A member of the Lava Jato task force, public prosecutor Carlos Fernando dos Santos Lima said on Tuesday (2) that "the problem of corruption is not partisan". "The problem of corruption is structural to Brazilian politics," he said in a press conference about Operation Resta Um, the 33rd stage of Lava Jato launched this morning.
The operation investigates the construction company Queiroz Galvão and the alleged transfer of R$ 10 million to the then president of the PSDB party in 2009, Senator Sérgio Guerra (who died in 2014), to suppress the Petrobras CPI, which was underway in Congress at the time.
"We have facts involving PT campaigns and also this case of PSDB, which was in opposition," said Carlos Lima.
The Lava Jato investigation has shown, in various phases, payments destined for the PT (Workers' Party). The Resta Um operation points to the transfer of R$ 10 million to the PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party). "This shows us that the problem of corruption is not partisan," says the prosecutor.
"Resta Um" (Only One Remains) refers to the advance against the last major contractor in the cartel's "VIP club" that divided up Petrobras projects by paying bribes to public officials and politicians.
"We learned in Lava Jato that current accounts exist, political parties have current accounts, people have current accounts that are paid for through bribes," said Carlos Lima.