Dilma gave the rope to deepen investigations and involve Lula, says Palocci | New

The Federal Police attached testimony to one of Lava Jato's investigations.

In his testimony, the former minister recounted conversations with Marcelo and Emilio Odebrecht and about R $ 15 million went to Lula because of the company's involvement in Belo. Mount.

Palocci says that at the request of Paulo Okamoto, Marcelo Odebrecht paid R $ 4 million through donations to the institute and that Marcelo reportedly declared that the values ​​would be due to Belo's work Mounted.

Palocci also claimed that Lula had asked him – about nine times – for cash, and that the values, on average, had risen to R $ 50,000. Lula asked Palocci not to inform anyone of the requests; that a given opportunity brought R $ 50,000 in cash to Lula at the Brasilia aerospace terminal, during the 2010 campaign, in a cell phone booth in front of the pilot Cláudio Gouveia.

Palocci also said that in São Paulo, he remembered another episode in which he had brought money in kind to Lula in a box of whiskey until he reached the end of his life. at Congonhas airport; and who received constant phone calls from Lula charging for delivery, in the presence of the driver Carlos Pocente.

The two drivers testified before the PF and confirmed the facts reported by the former minister.

In an additional statement, Palocci stated that "during the development of the Lava Jato operation, Dilma had given impetus to further investigation, as this would suffocate and implicate Lula". Palocci quotes an alleged break between Lula and Dilma.

According to Palocci, Lula was "a former dominant president who wanted to control the government of his candidate and prepare for his return to the presidency, which required a control of the legal and illegal funding of Lula Institute and the PT, which President Dilma was fighting for the renewal of his own mandate ".

Palocci also said that one day, Dilma had said that one could do the devil at the time of the elections.

Palocci claimed to have spoken to Lula about the Guaruja triplex during the Lava Jato and asked the former president: "Why do not you take the money from a conference and pay- you your triplex? " And Lula replied: "An apartment on the beach does not fit in my biography".

The former minister also detailed payment negotiations with prosecutor Otavio Azevedo, of Andrade Gutierrez, who eventually participated in the construction of Belo Monte. According to Palocci, the funds were shared between the BMD and the PT.

Lula's defense stated that Antonio Palocci had produced another misleading narrative against the former president in exchange for what he called clandestinely negotiated benefits with agents of the Lula. State in order to produce political results against Lula.

He also stated that it is patently illegal to disclose this testimony to the federal police. According to the defense, this situation should deserve the prompt initiative of the director general of the body and the Minister of Justice and Public Security to investigate and punish the people involved.

The defense also stated that Lula had received no value from Palocci and that the former president was not the owner of the Guarujá triplex.

The defense of Antonio Palocci and drivers Cláudio Gouveia and Carlos Alberto Pocente said that they would continue their collaboration with the justice and that the drivers were only witnesses to the "accident". case.

The defense of Otavio Azevedo baderted that he had not had access to the testimony. that the client has already provided all the necessary clarifications; and that the investigation on Belo Monte proves the veracity of the allegations.

Andrade Gutierrez claimed that he supported any anti-corruption initiative. who seeks to clarify facts that have occurred in the past; and that he continues to collaborate with ongoing investigations under the leniency agreement signed with the federal public prosecutor.

Paulo Okamoto's defense denied any receipt of value from Antonio Palocci; stated that Odebrecht's allegations never claimed it; and that the client has already been tried and acquitted in Lava Jato.

The Lula Institute stated that Palocci had invented unproven stories to come out of prison and that donations to the institute were due to Odebrecht, declared in law and without consideration.

Odebrecht is willing to collaborate effectively with the authorities to fully clarify the facts reported by the company and its former officers. and that he remains committed to an ethical, integral and transparent action.

The MDB said it was regrettable that Palocci had mistakenly cited the name of third parties to get rid of the charges.

The press office of Dilma Rousseff said that Antonio Palocci was once again in the award of prizes; that there is no evidence that could compromise the ability and honor of the former president; which is whimsical the version that she would have given Lava Jet a rope to imply Lula; and that it is nothing more than a vain attempt to intrigue him with the former president.

The Workers' Party declared that all donations were legal and approved by the courts.