RIO DE JANEIRO, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that the country's judicial authorities must be cautious in their investigations.
During an inauguration ceremony of Brazil's new attorney-general, Roberto Gurgel, Lula called for prudence in all judicial investigations to avoid condemning innocent people.
"An institution with the power of the federal prosecution office, assured by the Constitution, has the right and the obligation to act with maximum seriousness," he said.
The president said he would never ask for any privilege from the attorney-general or interfere in any way in a federal process, stressing the need of protecting the freedom of action of the federal prosecution office.
Judicial investigations should be carried out with defendants' constitutional rights fully respected and without hastiness, Lula said.
He also criticized local media's eagerness to condemn before the end of the due process.
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