Odebrecht protected in Panama
CIVIL SOCIETY and politicians have called for an ‘immediate’ investigation into revelations of Marcelo Odebrecht, former CEO of the construction company Odebrecht, that evidence of bribes to Brazilian president Lula da Silva was hidden in Odebrecht Panama.
Marcelo Odebrecht is “revealing all” in his attempt to reduce his near 20-year jail term in the ‘Lava Jato’ process.
He has told prosecutors that he hid in the Panama subsidiary the evidence that would betray the more than $ 2 million in “coima”(bribes) that ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was paid.
Groups have demanded immediate actions by the Public Ministry
“If in 2015 Marcelo Odebrecht makes the decision to send that information to Panama, he knows something that you and I do not know.
“As a citizen I would like explanations from the Public Ministry, “said Ramón Ricardo Arias, president of the Foundation for Citizen’s Freedom, a Panamanian chapter of Transparency International (TI).
Pirate refuge
“We are a refuge for pirates, and ruffians, because this did not happen in 2013 [with Ricardo Martinelli as president], this happened in 2015 [with Juan Carlos Varela] … It is important for people to know that Marcelo Odebrecht felt protected in Panama “He added.
Panammenista deputy José Antonio Domínguez indicated that not letting the reality known “will demonstrate that there is complicity on the part of those who have the power to make this truth known.”
The MP, through a spokesperson, said that tomorrow they would give information about a process to Odebrecht, but did not say if ex officio investigations will be opened after the new confession, reports La Prensa.