Always the primary motivation for going into politics and standing for election is the quest for privilege and of course for wealth for financial benefits what. however the corruption unearthed in the lava shuttle scandal was unprecedented even for brazil it worked like a well oiled machine. first and foremost the network of corruption served to keep the ruling parties in power they used the slush funds to finance their election campaigns in exchange political operatives were given executive posts with public companies like the oil company path rip us these executives then saw to it that inflated contracts were awarded to a cartel of the biggest construction firms in brazil headed by odebrecht it was fraud according to clearly defined rules each construction firm paid three percent
Fines incurred by politicians and corporate executives embroiled in the investigation already total some three billion euros. a scandal has revealed how the country s political elite have for years fed at the trough of corruption and enrich themselves. just as the sheer scale of the corruption scandal is what has shaken brazil to its core there are more than five hundred members of parliament and two thirds of them are under investigation for corruption and obstruction of justice being beheaded the former president of the chamber of deputies one of the state s highest representatives has been sentenced on charges of corruption i think that s. the trail from the gas station in brasilia soon led investigators to petro bus a semipublic petroleum multinational brazil s biggest company it is at the heart of the scandal. investigators netted a particularly big fish early on marcello or developed c.e.o.
The people they know their operation can succeed on its own. just a diet that i don t want to bore think it was me it s all depends on the next elections people must vote for candidates who a not corrupt themselves and be committed to the fight against corruption so much this difficult to goes. down we ll see the changes we need to function as a nation system because they can last because it was hopeless he starts on the prosecutors on the lava shot a task force see the remarkable success of their investigation as the first important step toward a more honest and better brazil and went about doing it up but they no political reforms are urgently necessary especially in combat in the corporate slush funds used to finance election campaigns at present though this seems unlikely. former president luis inacio lula da silva who was found guilty of corruption by two courts has a commanding lead in the polls he seems to be rolling the dice. either prison or
Demick in brazil. and why was corruption tacitly accepted and regarded as normal for so long. it s our colonial heritage this was a country where exploitation was the norm it was always has always been like that a pact between economic elite and the political elite these only garcon facts this was always the norm so it s perhaps lava shot is the first time that we have a shake a big shake on this oligarchic back. centuries of back room deals among brazil s elites gave rise to a political culture in which self enriching corruption was the norm. to see inzy he elected officials in brazil don t primarily regard themselves as representatives of the people of the people s interests as focus often although not
Of the contracts value into a slush fund some of the. backs went straight to the ruling parties others flowed to money launderers delayed rows and then on to petro bras executives and influential politicians. many brazilians feel they no longer recognize their own country. they are no longer willing to accept corruption as a fact of life and turn a blind eye to the fact that their politicians are for sale and. they are refusing to accept the old by word of robot must fight he steals but he gets things done. as well as on a gang of five people used to say that a lot but over the course of the lava jato investigation these past three years it s died out these days i no longer run across any brazilian who still believes in