Minister asked for prominence and took the case from the virtual plenary to the physical one; there was a majority to keep the convicted ex-president
The minister of (Supreme Federal Court) André Mendonça the judgment of an appeal by the former president’s defense to reduce the sentence he must serve for involving BR Distribuidora in Lava Jato.
The judgment was at the Supreme Court. It now passes to the physical plenary with Mendonça’s request and must be restarted. There is still no date for the appeal to be heard again. Ministers must present their votes again. They can maintain or change their understandings.
The STF already had to uphold Collor’s conviction:
- voted to maintain the sentence of 8 years and 10 months – Alexandre de Moraes, Cármen Lúcia, Edson Fachin, Flávio Dino and Luiz Fux (6);
- voted to reduce the sentence to 4 years – Dias Toffoli and Gilmar Mendes (2).
Oh Minister Cristiano Zanin.
UNDERSTAND COLLOR’S CASE
The case against the former senator has been before the Supreme Court since 2018. Before being convicted of corruption and money laundering in the STF, the defense claimed innocence and asked for acquittal.
According to the complaint, Collor was part of a criminal organization installed at BR Distribuidora from 2010 to 2014. He was accused of receiving around R$20 million in bribes for deals involving the company, at the time a subsidiary of Petrobras in the sale of fuels.
Businessmen Luis Pereira Duarte de Amorim and Pedro Paulo Bergamaschi de Leoni Ramos would have helped him defraud the state-owned company’s contracts with UTC Engenharia. They were also convicted in the process.
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