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Report on the Status of Investigations Into Corruption*06/27/05 -- This Monday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked Minister of Justice The President wants to show that he is relentless in fighting corruption and that he intends to follow closely developments in corruption cases that have resulted in this government's worst crises. In a speech transmitted by radio and TV last week. Lula said that the number of convictions obtained and operations conducted by the Federal Police has increased since the beginning of his government because the government is really willing to get the facts straight. In two years and a half, according to the president, 1006 persons accused of corruption were arrested and criminal networks responsible for diversion of billions of reais were dismantled. He also pointed out that the Federal Investigations Bureau has already conducted The President acknowledged that when you begin to clean house, what comes first is the discovery of more garbage behind the door, under the furniture and inside the closets. But he promised to prosecute in an exemplary fashion the * This article appeared in Folha Online ( http://www.uol.com.br ), which is the online version of Brazil's main liberal newspaper. ** The article reports on a severe political crisis currently faced by the left-wing government of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva as a result of allegations of political corruption involving key members of the government. The crisis has gained a larger dimension in the past two weeks as Brazilian Deputy Roberto Jefferson, president of one of the parties that supports Lula's government, accused the ruling Workers' Party (PT) of Lula of paying bribes to Brazilian congressmen on a monthly basis to secure support in voting decisions. By Patricia Zimmermann, in Brasil --Translated by Tamsin Vieira de Mello Go to original article: ( categories: Other )
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