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Weekly Report - 16 April 2015 (WR-15-15)
BRAZIL: In preventive detention, Vaccari quits the PT
João Vaccari Neto, the treasurer of the ruling left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), was placed in preventive detention on the morning of 15 April as part of the 12th phase of ‘Operation Car Wash’ that has engulfed the State-owned oil firm Petrobras. Later that day, the PT issued a note, signed by its president Rui Falcão, stating that for “practical and legal” reasons, Vaccari had also requested his removal from his role as treasurer. Ever since Vaccari was implicated in the Petrobras bribery and corruption scandal, there had been a vigorous internal debate over whether he should stay in his post. Now, his arrest and departure from office may bring some of those strong disagreements within the PT out into the open.
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