Executive Marcelo Odebrecht has been imprisoned since June 19 this year on suspicion of corruption and money laundering in Petrobras
As well as make clear the commitment of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to promote Odebrecht contracts abroad, emails intercepted by federal police in Operation Lava Jet include messages between Marcelo Odebrecht and Giles Azevedo, chief of staff management Dilma Rousseff, and Anderson Dornelles, special advisor to the President. In exchanges of correspondence, the entrepreneur wanted Dilma did lobby group in the Dominican Republic.
Rousseff met with Dominican President-elect Danilo Medina, on 9 July 2012. On the eve of the visit of Medina to Brazil, on July 5 of that year, Odebrecht - stuck in Lava Jet - wrote to the chief of staff of the Presidency and Anderson Dornelles: "Dear Giles and Anderson, I ask you please deliver to President Dilma note attached referring to her meeting with the President of the Dominican Republic, which I am told, will be this Monday, July 9, in the morning. I am available for any further information. Thanks and warm embrace. Marcelo. "
The "Note" contained a summary of actions and Odebrecht's projects in the country of Danilo Medina.The contractor titled document "help Odebrecht's memory to the visit of President of the Dominican Republic." He points out that the group "has 6,112 local members, with 568 young Dominicans engineers." As an example of "our work and social inclusion in the communities, as well as own sustainable business performance," Odebrecht cites adult literacy program, renovation and expansion of public schools, coffee processing plant construction, oral health, among others initiatives.
"Given the importance of our work in the country [Dominican Republic] would be important that President Dilma can in his close encounter with Dominican President newly elected Danilo Medina strengthen: the confidence that has the Odebrecht Organization in fulfilling its commitments, the willingness to through the BNDES, to support exports of Brazil's goods and services, continuing to priority infrastructure projects for the country. " He points out that the BNDES is financing the export of goods and services to the Dominican Republic since 2002.
The e-mail exchanges show that Odebrecht was committed to his request came, in fact, Dilma. At 13h21 the 6th of July, the secretary of the president of Odebrecht, Darci Light, sent e-mail to Alexandrino Alencar, executive connected to the company, stating that "Marcelo sent last night the document to Giles, to deliver to the President and It is asking Mr. to confirm it has received and managed to deliver to it. " In the same message, Darci Light says Giles called the secretary "but he was out and it was for personal e-mail she could not tell me."
Read the note Odebrecht on the case: "Odebrecht clarifies that excerpts from e-mails released record only a legitimate and natural institutional performance of the company and their participation in strategic projects of discussions in the country - in which it operates, especially as investor . The company regrets, however, disclosure and misinterpretations of messages unrelated to the ongoing process. "
(With Estadão Content)
