The preliminary report approved by the Multiparty Investigation Commission, chaired by Alejandro Muñanteaccuses prosecutors in charge of the negotiation of effective collaboration with Odebrecht of having filed criminal proceedings irregularly. However, this accusation has been questioned by the prosecutor José Domingo Pérezmain indicated in the investigation, who considers that it is an attempt to political persecution without a solid analysis.
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“It is a retaliation from the political body. There is an obvious conflict of interest because those who are accused, investigated and Even convicted of the Lava Jato case They end up investigating us. It has all the nuances that the political apparatus is being used to punish us, “Domingo Pérez said for this medium.
Pérez ensures that the accusations against him, related to the archiving of cases during the negotiation, are completely false and misunderstood by Muñante in order to justify the request for an extension for investigations.
“It is absolutely false information, in any aspect of my statement that has been provided in this commission, this situation has been indicated. It is an undue interpretation made by the president of said commission to capture it in a report in order to justify the extension of the term,” said prosecutor Lava Jato.
With this preliminary report, the commission that investigates the Odebrecht case requested 90 days of extension to continue investigations, despite the fact that the process continues without progress of great impact. These actions have been interpreted by The journalist Gustavo Gorriti as an attempt to delegitimize the work of the Public Ministry and change the narrative of the facts based on misinformation
“They have the idea that in the end they end up as victims being claimed, and the prosecutors and journalists who did the investigation thoroughly end up being punished as guilty of imaginary crimes of misinformation,” he said in a local program.
It should be noted that the aforementioned report must be approved in the Plenary of Congress. In this regard, Domingo replied: “It is not me who can make such a statement, but if several expert people are indicating that there is a pact that is looking to prioritize their interests to the prejudice of common or general welfare, it is clear that the only thing that is being prioritized are the particular interests of investigated, accused and convicted, to the detriment of what the action of justice implies.”
Commission investigating Case Odebrecht is linked to corruption cases
Alejandro Muñante, member of Popular Renewal, party involved in the Lava Jato case, faces criticism for a possible conflict of interest when leading the Congress Investigative Commission on the Odebrecht case. In his preliminary report, Muñante focuses his efforts on discrediting prosecutors José Domingo Pérez and Hamilton Montoro, in charge of negotiating the Effective Collaboration Agreement with the Brazilian construction company.
The congressman says that there are indications that prosecutors would have violated the rules of the process, mentioning that benefits of the agreement not related to him would have been applied, which according to him would contravene the criminal regulations.
However, the impartiality of the Muñante report is committed to the hiring of Luis Pacheco Mandujano, a defense lawyer linked to Odebrecht, as an advisor to the commission. This decision has generated controversy and increased questions about the objectivity of the investigation, adding more doubts to a process already marked by the lack of transparency.
