The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) appealed against the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) which declared “absolute nullity” in all actions against Antonio Palocci under Operation Lava Jato.
The appeal was sent on Monday (10) by the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, who requests the reconsideration of the decision.
The STF’s decision in favor of the former Finance Minister is February 19 and was delivered by Dias Toffoli.
Toffoli annulled the processes based on the actions of the.
Palocci’s defense went to the supreme arguing on one.
At that time, the STF minister understood that there was a “collusion” between members of the operation to ignore the legal process and the principle of broad defense.
For Gonet, Odebrecht’s arguments “are not automatically transposed to Palocci’s situation”.
“He (Palocci) would have instrumentalized his strategic position in the Public Administration to condition decision making to pay improper advantages for his own and third parties,” said the prosecutor.
Palocci was arrested in 2016 and convicted in 2017 to 12 years in prison for corruption and money laundering. The sentence.
Thus, “on the contrary” of what Palocci says, said Gonet, Lava Jato’s actions against the former minister appear to have occurred “legitimately, supported by concrete elements.”
In the appeal, Gonet quoted the confidentiality breaks of emails from a former Odebrecht executive and collaborations by former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa and Palocci himself.
“In the 23 terms of testimony given to the police authority, Antonio Palocci Filho confirmed the commission of crimes within the Federal Executive Power, detailing illicit schemes,” said Gonet.
“The question about what would be the effective damage to the defense, since the version presented by the employee corroborates evidence collected in the investigation,” he added.
