The motions, requests or requests for information submitted have different objectives, but all agree to ask for explanations or reject the asylum granted to the wife of former president Ollanta Humala. Nadine Heredia He left Peru last Wednesday morning, thanks to a safe -conduct granted by the government already board a plane from the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).
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Three of these initiatives have already been approved at the level of commissions of the Senate of Brazil: one for its chancellor to present to give explanations about asylum; another for the Ministry of Justice to provide information and the third to make an audit regarding the use of a military plane for the transfer to the former lady.
Asylum was granted to Nadine Heredia Last Tuesday before the announcement of his sentence to 15 years in prison for money laundering, the same one that was also imposed and for which he did imprisoned Ollanta Humala. The sentence is to receive money of illicit origin for its 2006 and 2011 campaigns by the Government of Venezuela and the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, at the request of the Workers Party, which leads Lula da Silva.
Chancellor will be summoned to the Brazilian Senate by asylum of Heredia
Brazil has a legislative power with two chambers, as Peru will have from 2026. Until the closing of this note, there were 13 initiatives that questioned asylum to Nadine Heredia in the Chamber of Deputiesthe lower house of the Brazilian legislature; and another 5 in the Senate, the upper house.
This Wednesday, at the level of commissions, three initiatives referring to the asylum of Nadine Heredia have already been approved in the upper house. According to the Brazilian press’, the Senate Foreign Affairs Commission agreed to invite the Brazilian chancellor, Mauro Vieira to give explanations about this decision. According to the political or antagonist portal, there is still no defined date for presentation. However, it is estimated that the citation will be for the first days of May.
The initiative was promoted by the opposition senator Sergio Moro the exjuez of the Lava Jato case in Brazil who sentenced prison to Lula da Silva. In his motion -to the one accessed by the trade -the legislator He estimated that the flight that led to Nadine Heredia “had an estimated cost of around 320 thousand reais (about S/ 206 thousand) a value that raises doubts about the relevance of using public resources for this purpose, especially without transparency on the application and authorization of the operation ”.
“Last week we were surprised by this unusual concession. This type of asylum should be granted in cases of political persecution, as we have seen in Latin America and other countries, where opponents are persecuted to a regime for reasons that have nothing to do with common crimes. It is necessary to understand the legal foundations adopted by Itamaraty (the Brazilian Foreign Ministry), the humanitarian criteria invoked and the reasons for the use of public resources in that context”Sergio Moro alleged, in statements collected by the Brazilian Senate agency.
After the approval of his motion, the exjuez remarked – through his accounts on social networks – that he will lead to Chancellor Mauro Vieira “explain, at an audience, the infamous concession of political asylum to Nadine Heredia, former first lady condemned for corruption in Peru, and Also sending a FAB plane to pick it up on the flight of shame”.
Then, the president of said Foreign Affairs Commission, Espeidião Amin, defended the summons in his speech before the Plenary of the Senate. “If the Foreign Minister made the decision to deal with the former first lady of Peru, welcoming someone convicted of corruption without a process of nullity or anything like that, (it is by) one of two things: or there is something, something inaccurate, and even that the betrayal and evil encourage, or they imagine that, by osmosis, the Supreme Court here can abolish the sentence of here,” he said in there, ” allusion to the convictions of Lula da Silva and others accused of Lava Jato that annulled the Brazilian Supreme Court.
The Senate Public Security Commission also approved a motion for the Ministry of Justice to respond to a request for information regarding the asylum of Nadine Heredia And another to make one “Audit of conformity With the assistance of Union Court of Accounts (TCU) “To investigate the” use, legality, necessity, economy and costs of the Nadine Heredia’s air transport and her son in an aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force. “Both were promoted by Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, president of that commission and son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
In the Senate there was also a requirement of information to the Foreign Ministry about the asylum of Nadine Heredia and a request for “vote of censorship against Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva” for the asylum granted to Nadine Heredia.
This last initiative is from the conservative senator Magno Malta, of Jair Bolsonaro’s party. In this regard, sources of Commerce In Brazil they explained that, unlike censorship motions in Peru, In Brazil these have no practical effect and are rather political gestures, closer to what in the Peruvian Congress would be a motion of rejection.
The sources indicated that Most likely, this motion will not vote. “The president of the Senate would have to put it on the pattern and that will not happen. In addition, the vote of censorship, even if approved, has no practical effect, is only a kind of public criticism ”they indicated.
The sources commented that while Lula da Silva goes through a moment of low popularity during his government and has been the target of criticism for asylum, It still has the support of the presidents of both Congress Chambers.
“Magno Malta is a senator who supports Bolsonaro, but has no political relevance or support from the president of the Senate, who decides what is voted and does not vote in the plenary”They added.
Asylum initiatives will vote in the Chamber of Deputies
The motions in the Chamber of Deputies are similar. Among these are two who ask to cite the chancellor to give explanations about asylum: one before the Foreign Relations Commission and another before the plenary; as well as those who ask for information from the Foreign Ministries (3), of JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS (1), and of Defense (1) On asylum. This last sector is questioned in particular The use of a military plane for the transfer.
Two other motions point to Request the Brazilian Public Ministry to investigate and “take action” to “possible irregularities” in the granting of asylum. One more seeks to be in charge of the Court of Accounts of the Union on the use of the FAB Aeronove in favor of Nadine Heredia, similar to what has already been approved in the Senate.
Among the most recent initiatives are the two orders to approve “Repudiation motions” Against asylum, the last of which was presented on Tuesday with the firm of five right -wing deputies.
“The concession of diplomatic asylum to Mrs. Nadine Heredia represents a serious attack not only to the sovereignty of Peruvian justice, but also to Brazil’s commitment to the fight against impunity and transnational corruption: this commitment should not be negotiable for any head of state (…) It is unacceptable that Brazil becomes a refuge of prisoners”, Read in the document.
The Brazilian Chancellor, in statements to the press of his country, has confirmed that a military plane was used for the transfer. As he said, it was chosen to be the fastest and most sure way to transfer Nadine Heredia and took the consent of the Peruvian government.
Finally, this Tuesday there was also a request for the creation of a “External temporary commission” to “Monitor and investigate events related to the granting of diplomatic asylum” To the former first lady.
Guilherme Delinardi RESCKjournalist of the political portal The antagonist That the Brazilian legislative covers, he told El Comercio that the opposition senators and deputies have questioned the asylum pointing out that “it has no legal basis” and that it is “a protection to a person convicted of corruption.” Therefore, he said, they aim to “obtain explanations from the government about why it was involved in this case.
“These requests, at least, contribute to the Brazilian citizens seeing with suspicion the concession of asylum to Nadine Heredia and reinforce the feeling among the Brazilians that the government of the country acted only to protect a person condemned by corruption”he commented.
As indicated, the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chamber of Deputies will vote on Wednesday its own invitation to the Brazilian Chancellor to make the audit to the use of the military plane. This last initiative is from the president of that group, the opposition deputy Filipe Barros. The session will be from 9 am (7 am Peruvian time).
The journalist also indicated that the legislator Ubiratan Sanderson, sublide of the opposition in the Chamber of Deputies, “sent a letter to the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, in which he asks that the legality of the diplomatic asylum granted.”
Regarding which of these initiatives they could have a greater impact, he considered that “Applications to the Attorney General’s Office and the Union Court of Accounts could have the greatest negative political consequences for the Lula government, because these bodies can meet the applications and open an investigation into the case, which would seriously damage the image of the government, regardless of the investigation finally does not find irregularities”.