The minister of the (Federal Supreme Court) suspended the trial in the Virtual Plenary of the Court about the decision that resulted in the arrest of. The former president remains detained, since the determination of the beginning of serving the sentence continues to be valid.
Collor was, after the minister denied the last appeals presented by the defense of the former president and other convicted defendants.
The judgment of this decision began at 11am in a virtual plenary – a remote environment in which ministers deposit votes, and there is no room for debates. The session should proceed until 11:59 pm, but was interrupted at Gilmar’s request.
The virtual plenary remains open for the manifestation of the ministers. Flávio Dino, Edson Fachin and Luís Roberto Barroso accompanied Moraes’s decision. Other STF members may still deposit their votes, but the case will be discussed in a physical plenary, on a date to be set.
The decision, according to Gilmar interlocutors, was taken because the minister understands that the issue should be discussed in person, due to the importance and repercussion of the case.
There is no forecast of STF face -to -face sessions next week on the eve of the Labor Day holiday.
By the decision of Moraes, the submission of the case to referendum of the plenary should not interfere with the immediate fulfillment of the sentence, which led to the immediate arrest of the former president.
Collor’s lawyers had filed funds against the maintenance of eight years and ten months in prison. On Thursday (24),.
According to the minister, Collor only repeated arguments already faced by the Court at other times, which would show a stance that would serve to delay the serving of the sentence.
Collor for the crimes of passive and money laundering.
According to the conviction, the former president influenced the company’s command and boards, from 2010 to 2014, period of petist management Lula and Dilma Rousseff when he was a senator, to ensure the signature of state contracts with the construction company UTC. In return, Collor would have received $ 20 million.
The former president ruled from 1990 to 1992, when he was removed in the process of and resigned. He was acquitted in 1994, also in the Supreme Court, of accusation of passive corruption regarding his term of presidency.
From 2007 to 2023, he was a senator by Alagoas. In 2022, he disputed the government of Alagoas for, but ended only in third place.
The Supreme Court judged in November 2024 Collor’s first appeal. The former president’s lawyers asked for a revision of the penalty of passive corruption, on the grounds that the deadline stipulated in the judgment was not equivalent to the average deadlines presented in the divergent votes of the ministers.
In practice, the defense was trying to reduce the penalty for passive corruption to a level that would make the crime prescribe. In this scenario, the former president would have to comply only the conviction for money laundering, stipulated in four years and six months.
The understanding of the Supreme, however, was unfavorable to Collor. By 6 votes against 4, the plenary understood that the defense request to review the conviction did not deserve to prosper.
