Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), rejected, this Saturday, the 28th, the request from Daniel Silveira’s defense to restore the freedom of the former federal deputy.
Daniel Silveira was arrested by the Federal Police (PF) last Tuesday following an order from Moraes, according to whom the former deputy failed to comply with the conditions imposed so that he could leave prison, a benefit that had been granted days before.
The former deputy’s defense classified the decision as “disproportionate, arbitrary, illegal and irrational”, claiming that it reflects a “persecutory spirit” and constitutes “abuse of authority”. The lawyers also stated that all justifications were presented, but disregarded by the rapporteur.
In this Saturday’s decision, Moraes says that the allegations made by Silveira’s lawyers, which include an alleged lack of knowledge about the rules for conditional release, reveal “bad faith” or “lack of knowledge of the legislation”.
“Only absolute bad faith or a regrettable lack of knowledge of criminal procedural legislation can justify the defense’s allegations. This same judicial restriction (Prohibition of being absent from the District and obligation to go home at night, from 10 pm to 6 am, as well as on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), was recently determined in more than 1,100 cases related to crimes of 8/1, all of which were observed in full and without any confusion of understanding”, says Alexandre de Moraes when rejecting Silveira’s defense embargoes.
