President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that his eldest son, Fábio Luís Lula da Silva - known as Lulinha - must appear in court to provide clarification. Lula's guidance was given on the night of Wednesday, 19th, during a meeting with lawyer Marco Aurélio de Carvalho, who defends the businessman, and with the PT candidate for the government of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad.
Lula tells lawyer that Lulinha must go to court to provide clarification
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that his eldest son, Fábio Luís Lula da Silva - known as Lulinha - must appear in court to provide clarification. Lula's guidance was given on the night of Wednesday, 19th, during a meeting with...
Marco Aurélio said that the meeting, at Palácio da Alvorada, was to discuss Lula's agenda in São Paulo, and not the three investigations against the businessman for influence peddling. \"But the president's guidance is to make his son available to justice\", said the lawyer.
- Coordinator of Lula's campaign in São Paulo and also of the Prerogativas group, Marco Aurélio noted that the president does not want to see his son treated as if he were above the law.
- According to the lawyer, Lula stated, during the meeting, that he also does not want a Federal Police to call his own, to protect allies or persecute adversaries.
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Marco Aurélio said that the meeting, at Palácio da Alvorada, was to discuss Lula's agenda in São Paulo, and not the three investigations against the businessman for influence peddling. \"But the president's guidance is to make his son available to justice\", said the lawyer.
Coordinator of Lula's campaign in São Paulo and also of the Prerogativas group, Marco Aurélio noted that the president does not want to see his son treated as if he were above the law.
According to the lawyer, Lula stated, during the meeting, that he also does not want a Federal Police to call his own, to protect allies or persecute adversaries. "I didn't win the elections to equip any institution," said the president.
As Estadão showed, the developments in the investigations involving Lulinha are increasingly worrying the leadership of Lula's re-election campaign. Behind the scenes, there is an atmosphere of apprehension because the PT team does not know what is coming.
Lulinha is the target of investigations for influence peddling to allegedly obtain advantages in the federal government, alongside her friend Roberta Luchsinger. Owner of a consultancy, the businesswoman worked as a lobbyist for Antônio Carlos Camilo Antunes, the "Careca do INSS", arrested by the PF on charges of embezzling pension resources.
Roberta's conversations, obtained by the Federal Police, indicate that she wanted to obtain a 20% profit in the medical cannabis business. The investigations also reveal that, together with Lulinha, the lobbyist tried to sell cannabidiol-based medicines to the SUS, without bidding, and even sent a draft contract to political scientist Marco Aurélio Santana Ribeiro, known as Marcola, then Lula's chief of staff.
Marcola assures that he did not pass the document on. The political scientist left the president's campaign on the 5th, after the PF discovered payments made by Roberta to him. At the time, Marcola stated that the amounts referred to a loan, already paid off with a transfer of R$249,000.
The conversations analyzed by the PF also mention that a lawyer who is a friend of the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Kassio Nunes Marques, current president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), would also work on the cannabidiol contract, as revealed by Estadão.
The PF stated in a report that, in her dialogues, Roberta demonstrated that she had "authorization" to act on Lulinha's behalf. In one of the conversations held with an interlocutor who participated in business prospecting in the government, Roberta claimed to be a representative of the president's son. "They know what I am. I'm Fabio," she said.
Lulinha's defense points to "selective and criminal leaks" by the Federal Police, with electoral objectives. "We want due legal process to be respected", insisted Marco Aurélio de Carvalho. \"No one is above the law, but they also cannot be treated as if they were below the law\", added the lawyer.
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