Brazilian President does not agree with the decision to question its predecessor – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, March 4 -. RIA Novosti Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff expressed her absolute disagreement with the decision of the police interrogation of her predecessor, ex-head of state Inacio Lula da Silva on charges of corruption in the company Petrobras, transfers Reuters.

Rousseff believes that taking such a decision was not necessary after Lula da Silva voluntarily testified.

it was reported earlier that the federal police of Brazil raided the house of former -President of the country as part of an investigation of corruption in the state-owned oil company Petrobras. Himself Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was detained for questioning, three hours later he was released. According to available evidence to the police indicate that criminal schemes used to finance election campaigns and political party spending Lula.

Earlier, the prosecutor Brazil Carlos Fernando dos Santos said the presence of the authorities have sufficient evidence of criminal activity of ex-president Lula da Silva. According to the prosecutor, the evidence will attract many people to the responsibility which may be involved in the corruption scandal.

The Brazilian company Petrobras was at the center of a corruption scandal last year, when it became known that several functionaries of signed contracts and received for that a commission of 3% of the contract amount. These funds are subsequently used to bribe politicians and officials. According to Brazilian authorities, overpricing and bribery brought to the authors ideas about 3.8 billion dollars.