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Brazil: the fight against corruption will change leaders

2020-09-01T19:30:33.513Z


The prosecutor who has coordinated for six years the largest anti-corruption investigation in Brazil, " Lavage-express ", announced Tuesday that he was leaving his post for family reasons, while the continuation of the investigations seems threatened. Read also: Brazil: impeachment of the governor of Rio, who cries of conspiracy “ It's true, I'm going to quit coordinating 'Express wash'. It's a


The prosecutor who has coordinated for six years the largest anti-corruption investigation in Brazil, "

Lavage-express

", announced Tuesday that he was leaving his post for family reasons, while the continuation of the investigations seems threatened.

Read also: Brazil: impeachment of the governor of Rio, who cries of conspiracy

It's true, I'm going to quit coordinating 'Express wash'.

It's a difficult decision but I have to take care of my family,

”40-year-old prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol announced on Twitter.

In a video posted on the same social network, Mr. Dallagnol explained that his one year and 10 month old daughter showed "

developmental problems

" and that he would need to "

devote more time

" to her. take care of her.

He will be replaced by Alessandro Oliveira, his long-time collaborator at "

Lavage-express

".

This announcement comes at a time when doubts are beginning to hang over the future of the sprawling investigation that has resulted in the conviction of dozens of business leaders and political figures of all stripes.

The anti-corruption crusade criticized

Attorney-General Augusto Aras must decide before September 10 if he is extending for another year the activities of the group of prosecutors based in Curitiba (south), members of a unit specially created in 2014 to fight corruption.

"

Lavage-express will continue to do its work but the decisions taken in Brasilia will affect this work,

" warned Deltan Dallagnol.

Considered heroes by part of Brazilian society, the prosecutors of "

Lavage-express

" also have many detractors, due to suspicion of bias, especially in the case of the conviction and imprisonment of the former. left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2003-2010).

Critics also believe that this anti-corruption crusade was carried out in defiance of certain fundamental rights, such as the presumption of innocence.

Another figure of "

Lavage-express

", Judge Sergio Moro left the unit of prosecutors at the end of 2018 to become Minister of Justice of President Jair Bolsonaro.

But he slammed the door with a bang in April, accusing the far-right leader of trying to interfere in inquiries concerning his relatives.

Source: lefigaro

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