The move was announced, but that doesn't mean it won't cause discussion. The feared hypothesis that the former Brazilian president Lula could be appointed minister in the government of his dauphine Dilma Rousseff in order to guarantee him immunity from any precautionary measures, it is now a reality.
Despite the massive protests in recent days in 200 Brazilian cities against corruption and demanding the government's resignation, and despite the latest developments in the Petrobras scandal (in which Lula's home was raided and he was forced to testify ), the current head of government of Brasilia, Dilma Rousseff, has decided to entrust to her predecessor Luiz Ignacio Lula Da Silva a ministerial post.
According to reports from the press of the South American country, the assignment, promptly accepted, was proposed after the arrest request of the San Paolo prosecutor's office investigating the bribe ring by the state-owned oil giant. In this way, Lula would therefore be protected from possible precautionary measures by the judiciary.
The markets react badly: the ETF that replicates theBovespa index of San Paolo it loses more than 8% at 17 Italian time, after the diffusion of the news.
