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Brazil Workers Party VP candidate Haddad charged with corruption
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 / 11:02 AM / UPDATED 12 MINUTES AGO
Brazil Workers Party VP candidate Haddad charged with corruption
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sao Paulo state prosecutors in Brazil said on Tuesday they have charged the Workers Party (PT) vice presidential candidate Fernando Haddad with corruption, but any potential trial would not hinder his ability to run.
Haddad, a former mayor of Sao Paulo, will likely become the PT’s presidential candidate within days as imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred from running by the top electoral court last week.
Haddad’s candidacy is not in danger of being blocked, as it would be virtually impossible for a trial to play out before the country’s elections next month. But the accusations will allow political rivals to rail against him just a month ahead of the first-round vote.
The accusations included in a written statement center on alleged payments of debts related to Haddad’s campaign for mayor of Sao Paulo in 2012 made by a construction company the following year. The charges must be accepted by a judge to go to trial.
The payments, around 3 million reais ($722,961), were allegedly made by representatives of construction conglomerate UTC Participações to a company that printed Haddad’s campaign materials.
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Brazil Workers Party VP candidate Haddad charged with corruption
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sao Paulo state prosecutors in Brazil said on Tuesday they have charged the Workers Party (PT) vice presidential candidate Fernando Haddad with corruption, but any potential trial would not hinder his ability to run.
Haddad, a former mayor of Sao Paulo, will likely become the PT’s presidential candidate within days as imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred from running by the top electoral court last week.
Haddad’s candidacy is not in danger of being blocked, as it would be virtually impossible for a trial to play out before the country’s elections next month. But the accusations will allow political rivals to rail against him just a month ahead of the first-round vote.
The accusations included in a written statement center on alleged payments of debts related to Haddad’s campaign for mayor of Sao Paulo in 2012 made by a construction company the following year. The charges must be accepted by a judge to go to trial.
The payments, around 3 million reais ($722,961), were allegedly made by representatives of construction conglomerate UTC Participações to a company that printed Haddad’s campaign materials.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election-haddad/brazil-workers-party-vp-candidate-haddad-charged-with-corruption-idUSKCN1LK1UO
