Prosecutor wants probe into Rousseff

  04 May 2016    Read: 827
Prosecutor wants probe into Rousseff
Brazilian Prosecutor-General Rodrigo Janot requested the country
Similar inquires have been sent Tuesday regarding the country’s former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Attorney General of the Union Jose Eduardo Cardozo.

The request will be reportedly considered confidentially as it is based on recordings of private telephone conversation between Rousseff and Lula.

Rousseff has been facing a wave of public discontent for over a year amid Brazil’s struggling economy and a major corruption scandal in the Petrobras petroleum firm. The opposition has accused the president of corruption and of violating financial rules by manipulating state bank accounts to close budget gaps.

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