(VOVworld) – Brazil's top prosecutor ordered the arrests of 4 top officials including speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, Senate Speaker Renan Calheiros, former Brazilian President José Sarney and former Planning Minister Romero Jucá.
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| Speaker of the lower house of Congress Eduardo Cunha (center) and Senate President Renan Calheiros (left) at a meeting in Brasilia on June 7th (Photo by: TTXVN) |
All four are members of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) of Brazilian interim president Michel Temer. They are accused of trying to block the corruption investigation of state-run oil company Petrobras. Brazil’s media posted videos accusing them of interfering in the Petrobras investigation, paying bribers with an estimated 4 billion USD. Brazil’s Supreme Court will be in charge of the case.