O Supreme Federal Court (STF) decides, this Friday (25), the immediate compliance with the arrest of the former president Fernando Collor.
The trial, in virtual plenary – where ministers only deposit their votes in the court system – starts from 11am and continues until 11:59 pm.
Minister Alexandre de Moraes. He was sentenced to eight years and ten months, in a closed initial regime, for participation in a corruption scheme at BR Distribuidora, current Viber.
Even with the analysis by the other magistrates, the monocratic decision of Moraes will not be affected and the former president may have his sentence begins when he introduces himself to the authorities.
Or case
According to Moraes, Collor’s defense had “procrastinatory intent” upon entering the second appeal, as it did not present new facts. With this, the minister thought it is necessary that the decision be complied immediately.
The Supreme Court had already denied a Collor feature in which he said his sentence was higher than the average votes of the ministers. In the new request, the defense wanted to be considered the penalty suggested by the ministers who voted for lighter punishments: André Mendonça, Nunes Marques, Dias Toffoli and Gilmar Mendes.
The minister rejected this appeal on Thursday. In the decision, he explained that this type of request is only accepted when at least four ministers vote for total acquittal, which did not happen, even if the crimes are analyzed separately.
Moraes also recalled that the STF has already decided that disagreements about the size of the sentence do not allow this kind of appeal. Finally, he stated that the Supreme Court authorizes the beginning of prison even before the final publication of the decision, when the appeal is only intended to delay the process. According to the magistrate, this is what happened in this case.
In 2023, most court ministers understood that Collor received R $ 20 million in bribes between 2010 and 2014 to facilitate the construction of works from UTC Engenharia on BR Distribuidora using its political influence as a senator.
The values were washing to hide their illicit origin and the advantage was reportedly given in exchange for political support to indicate and maintain directors of the then state -owned company.
In addition to the arrest, Collor was sentenced to:
- pay 90 fine days;
- Pay R $ 20 million indemnity for moral damages (in conjunction with the other two convicts);
- and is forbidden to hold a public office or function “for twice the time of the deprivation of liberty applied”.
What the defense says
In a note, the defense claims to receive.
“There was no decision on the demonstrated prescription after res judicata to the Attorney General’s Office. Regarding the delaying character of the appeal, the defense demonstrated that the majority of the members of the Court recognize their manifestation. Such matters would be up to the plenary to decide, at least in the extraordinary plenary session already designated for tomorrow,” he says.
‘Anyway, former President Fernando Collor will present himself to comply with the decision determined by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, without prejudice to the expected legal measures, ”he says.
