BRAZIL: Prosecutor says missing only consider whether there between someone involved in research with special jurisdiction

The Attorney General of the Republic, Roberto Gurgel (STF)

The Attorney General of the Republic, Roberto Gurgel said on Tuesday it may refer later this week for the prosecution in which acts of First Instance Justice accusations of businessman Marcos Valerio Fernandes de Souza against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

"I believe this will be done in the coming days," he said. "I'm just completing the analysis so you can actually see if there is anyone with the prerogative court involved, and there was, as the former president no longer holds this prerogative, the hypothesis will be sending the Attorney General in the first degree "he said. In Brazil, authorities have the right and prerogative of the forum can only be denounced by the attorney general and adjudicated by the Supreme Court (STF).

In testimony in September last year, Marcos Valerio said that Lula knew schema mensalão. On occasion, the STF was judging those accused of involvement in the scheme. Lula was not among the defendants. In December, the court concluded the trial and sentenced 25 people, including Marcos Valerio and former minister José Dirceu.

The remittance for the first instance of the Public Prosecutor confirms information published by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paul Gurgel decided that, even in December, sending the case for investigation. As the news Gurgel identified in the affidavit, a preliminary investigation will be opened.