Rais wa zamani wa Brazil Michel Temer amekamatwa kama sehemu ya uchunguzi wa kina dhidi ya ufisadi, ripoti za vyombo vya habari zinasema. Temer alichukua ofisi hiyo mnamo 2016 baada ya kushtakiwa kwa Dilma Rousseff - pia kwa madai ya ufisadi.
Temer alizuiliwa nyumbani kwake huko Sao Paulo Alhamisi asubuhi na kisha kuhamishiwa makao makuu ya polisi ya shirikisho huko Rio de Janeiro na kikosi kazi cha polisi, Globo ya habari ya Brazil inaripoti. Amri ya kukamatwa pia imedaiwa kutolewa dhidi ya waziri wa zamani wa nishati Moreira Franco na vile vile Eliseu Padilha, ambaye aliwahi kuwa waziri wa anga ya raia chini ya rais wa zamani Rousseff na baadaye alifanya kazi kama waziri wa kazi na mkuu wa wafanyikazi wa urais chini ya Temer, kulingana na Globo.
Kukamatwa kunahusiana na mashtaka juu ya madai ya ufisadi unaohusisha ujenzi wa kiwanda cha nyuklia cha Angra 3, kulingana na Ofisi ya Mwendesha Mashtaka wa Shirikisho la Brazil.
Wakati huo huo, vyombo vya habari vya Brazil vinaripoti kuwa rais huyo wa zamani anakabiliwa na uchunguzi juu ya kesi kumi tofauti. Angalau maswali kadhaa juu ya mambo yake ni sehemu ya uchunguzi mkubwa wa jinai unaojulikana kama Operesheni ya Uoshaji Gari nchini Brazil.
Hapo awali ilizinduliwa kama uchunguzi wa utapeli wa pesa, iliongezwa ili kufidia madai ya ufisadi katika kampuni ya mafuta inayodhibitiwa na serikali Petrobras. Marais wa zamani Luiz Lula da Silva na Dilma Rousseff pia walishtakiwa chini yake.
Wakili wa rais wa zamani alithibitisha kukamatwa kwake. Temer aliingia madarakani kufuatia mashtaka ya Rousseff mnamo 2018 na alikaa ofisini hadi Desemba 31, 2018.
Kiongozi wa zamani wa Brazil alishtakiwa kwa ufisadi wakati wa urais wake mnamo 2017 lakini mashtaka hayo yalizuiliwa na baraza la chini la bunge la Brazil wakati huo. Temer mwenyewe alikataa kurudia makosa yoyote.
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- An arrest warrant has also allegedly been issued against the former energy minister Moreira Franco as well as Eliseu Padilha, who served as a civil aeronautics minister under ex-president Rousseff and later worked as a minister of labor and the chief of staff of the presidency under Temer, according to Globo.
- Temer was detained at his house in Sao Paulo on Thursday morning and then transferred to federal police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro by the police task force, Brazilian news portal Globo reports.
- Brazil's former leader was accused of corruption during his presidency in 2017 but the charges were blocked by the lower house of the Brazilian parliament at that time.
