Derivative. The Public Ministry reported that it received a communication from the Brazilian Attorney General’s Office to suspend the legal cooperation agreement with Peru in the Odebrecht mega-corruption case, currently known as Novonor.
Through its social networks, the Prosecutor’s Office reported that said suspension requested by Odebrecht – after an alleged violation by the Peruvian authorities – would have “broken the terms of the agreements entered into.”
In this sense, the institution headed by the National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, pointed out that the document “has been referred to the Special Team of Prosecutors of the Lava Jato case so that they formulate the clarifications corresponding to the observations that motivated said suspension, and be officially remitted to Brazil”.
Thus, the Prosecutor’s Office mentions that, once the response from the Lava Jato team is received, it is expected that Brazil will be able to rethink judicial cooperation with Peru so that former high-ranking officials of the Peruvian State accused of acts of alleged corruption with Odebrecht continue to be investigated. .
“With the official response, it is expected that the Brazilian Attorney General’s Office will reassess the temporary suspension and resume legal cooperation,” says the statement published this Wednesday, November 2.
The Prosecutor’s Office hopes that the Brazilian Attorney General’s Office “reassesses the suspension and resumes legal cooperation.” Photo: Public Ministry
Odebrecht: What is the reason for the suspension of cooperation with Peru?
Odebrecht-Novonor complains that the Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office does not fulfill the commitment not to use the documents and testimonies that the company delivered to initiate new processes and investigations against it.
According to information from Brazil, the cooperation is suspended until Peru presents the necessary clarifications, given the “seriousness and plausibility of the allegations presented by the construction company’s lawyers.”
According to the document, dated October 31, Novonor presented compelling evidence of non-compliance with the collaboration agreements and the violation of “fundamental rights and guarantees” of the directors who signed those agreements.
