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The former federal judge and senator Sérgio Morta (Union-PR), who has already had problems with the accusation of irregularities in the 2022 election campaign, but was acquitted by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), just again entered the sights of Justice. It may be declared ineligible for 8 years if the criminal investigation requested by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
Group of lawyers goes to CNJ against Senator Sérgio Moro for irregularities with resources from Lava Jato. Photo: Reproduction
The investigation request, presented by the Prerogatives Group, is based on reports of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) that point to indications of crimes such as embezzlement, passive corruption and prevarication during the management of billionaire values at the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba, during the Jet. The reports also reach the substitute judge Gabriela Hardt and former attorney Deltan Dallagnol, another emblematic name of the late operation, now out of the political scene after having the mandate revoked by the TSE.
According to the representation delivered to PGR by lawyers, Moro created a parallel legal engineering to redirect Petrobras funds, obtained through collaboration agreements, to a private foundation – under the pretext of “compensation to society”. This money, estimated in hundreds of millions of reais, was moved without clear legal base, supported by US authorities and seal of the Brazilian state-owned company.
The petition sent to the PGR is led by lawyers Antonio Carlos de Almeida Castro, Kakay, and Marco Aurélio Aurélio de Carvalho, as well as 12 other major jurists from prerogatives [abaixo, leia a íntegra do documento] – All friendly to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his government.
The CNJ report, approved by majority in 2024, identified the “atypical recirculation” of values, even benefiting Petrobras minority shareholders. The play maintains that the management of these assets did not observe the constitutional principles of legality, morality and impersonality – configuring possible intentional acts of administrative misconduct.
According to Clean Record Lawthe condemnation for willful act of misconduct involving illicit enrichment or injury to the purse makes the defendant ineligible for 8 years, based on the sentence. Although there is still no conviction, the severity of the charges and the technical support of the CNJ increase the pressure on the Federal Supreme Court and the Public Prosecution Service.
If sued and convicted, Sérgio Moro could be removed from politics for almost a decade, being out of the 2026 and 2030 elections. Its eventual ineligibility may have a domino effect on allies and the laundry right project, which has already lost strength with the fall of Dallagnol.
The senator announces himself as a candidate for the Paraná government in next year’s elections. However, this movement of prerogatives acts as if it were a Damocles sword about the head of the former Lava Jato judge-Damocles’s sword is a metaphor that represents the uncertainty and fragility of life and it is stated that during a meal, he realized that a sharp sword was hanging over his head by a single horse hair, an experience to frighten a sore that wanted his king.
Moro reacted with sarcasm, saying that the prerogative group “only defends bandits”, commenting on the investigation request. Speech exposes the clash between laundry and progressive law, which from the beginning questions the legality of the methods used by the Curitiba task force.
The lawyers’ request to PGR is based on official CNJ reports that indicate evidence of serious irregularities in the use of public resources during Operation Lava Jato. The request does not only aim at administrative deviations, but possible criminal conduct of former judiciary and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.
If the investigation progresses and any conviction for intentional administrative misconduct with illicit enrichment or injury to the purse, those involved – including Senator Sérgio Moro – may be declared ineligible for 8 years, according to the Clean Record Law.
The processing of this process in the context of PGR and possibly in the Supreme Court tends to directly impact the political scenario of the 2026 elections. The Esmael Blog continues to follow the backstage of this discussion.
