The global dream in Lava Jato: to shut down the PT once and for all.
The newspaper owned by the Marinho brothers, which awarded federal judge Sérgio Moro, responsible for Operation Lava Jato, the title of Personality of 2014, highlights in its Saturday headline the controversial package proposed by the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, which stipulates that parties accused of corruption will lose their registrations; so far, only donations from construction companies to the PT (Workers' Party), unlike those made to other parties, are being classified as bribes; "This project is aimed at the PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party). This is a provocation," countered the PT leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Sibá Machado (AC); according to him, the fact that parties receive money through legal means cannot be criminalized.
247 – After awarding the 2014 Personality of the Year prize to Judge Sérgio Moro, responsible for Operation Lava Jato, the Marinho brothers' newspaper highlights in its Saturday headline the controversial package from the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, which provides for the loss of registration of parties accused of corruption.
So far, only donations from construction companies to the PT, unlike those made to other parties, are being classified as bribes. "This project engages with the PSDB. This is a provocation," countered the PT leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Sibá Machado (AC).
This week, the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office of Paraná, in detailing the tenth phase of Operation Lava Jato, criminalized legal donations made to the PT (Workers' Party).
"These were bribe payments disguised as campaign donations," said federal prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol. He further stated that the PT treasurer, João Vaccari Neto, was aware that the payments to the party were bribes. Vaccari Neto was indicted for corruption and money laundering.
Sibá stated that the fact that parties receive money through legal means cannot be criminalized and saw the Public Prosecutor's action as an initiative that does not fall within its purview: "This exceeds its power and undermines the independence between the branches of government" (read here).