Wadih demands investigation by the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) into the king of plea bargains, accused of bribery.
"These accusations must be investigated by the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association). He is a lawyer, and it is up to the OAB's ethics and discipline tribunal to open proceedings against this individual," argues Congressman Wadih Damous in a video; for him, "the OAB's Code of Ethics and Discipline must address this business of plea bargaining. It is already regrettable that lawyers are willing to advise their clients to make plea bargains in exchange for hefty remuneration. The code of ethics should at least regulate this practice, if not prevent it"; watch the video.
247 - Federal deputy Wadih Damous (PT-RJ) denounced what he called the "plea bargain industry, which includes judges, prosecutors and lawyers," when commenting on the accusation that lawyer Antonio Figueiredo Basto received bribes to protect money launderers.
Responsible for the plea bargains of Alberto Youssef and Delcídio Amaral, Basto was accused by money launderers Vinícius Claret and Claudio de Souza, members of Dario Messer's scheme, of protecting them in their collaboration agreements, in exchange for a monthly payment of US$ 50 for several years, since the investigations into Banco Banestado.
Damous recalls in the video that this lawyer is even accused "of having leaked the information allegedly given by Yousseff, that Lula and Dilma knew everything, and which was the subject of a Veja magazine cover story during the 2014 elections to strengthen Aécio Neves' candidacy."
Figueiredo Basto presents himself as a lawyer specializing in plea bargains. "Look at what we've come to. We have lawyers who specialize in guiding their clients to snitch, to betray, to inform on others," criticizes the congressman. "These accusations must be investigated by the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association). He is a lawyer; it is up to the OAB's ethics and discipline tribunal to open proceedings against this individual," argues the parliamentarian.
According to Damous, "the OAB's Code of Ethics and Discipline needs to address this issue of plea bargaining. It's already regrettable that lawyers are willing to advise their clients to make plea bargains in exchange for hefty compensation. The code of ethics should at least, if not prevent it, regulate this practice."
The National Congress, Wadih Damous added, "also needs to regulate plea bargains, which have already become an industry, involving judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, as Rodrigo Tacla Duran has denounced several times."
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