The seventh day of the Odebrecht case hearings was marked by the court's decisions on the admissibility of evidence presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office and the defenses, a key step that delimits the scope of the probatory debate in the oral trial underway at the Supreme Court of Justice. During the session, the judge evaluated the objections raised by the parties and resolved which elements would be incorporated into the process and which were excluded, making it clear that within the act of the oral trial, these decisions do not admit appeals, as they are criteria of the court itself in this procedural stage. Among the aspects addressed, the Public Prosecutor's Office highlighted the admission of several international judicial assistances, which provide relevant elements for the investigation and will be valued by the court in the development of the process. These evidence seek to reinforce the reconstruction of the mechanisms used to pay bribes to public officials. The prosecutor of the case recalled that from the first days it was informed that the Public Prosecutor's Office would not count on some protected witnesses who participated in other processes, nor on three common witnesses, which modifies the probatory strategy of the accusation. Despite this, the Public Prosecutor's Office planned to start this Monday with the statement of a functionary of the Electoral Tribunal, who even came to the court.
