The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) voted to convict five former members of the top leadership of the 2023 accused of omission.
The trial began this Friday (28), in the court’s virtual plenary session and will continue until December 5th. The case is analyzed by the court’s First Panel.
Moraes considered that the military committed the crimes of attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’état, qualified damage to the Union’s property and deterioration of listed property.
He proposed sentences of 16 years for the defendants, which includes 13 years and six months in prison, two years and six months in detention, a 100-day fine (each day a fine worth one third of the minimum wage) and the loss of public office.
Moraes considered that the then general commander of the PM-DF Fábio Augusto Vieira, the former deputy general commander Klepter Rosa and three colonels (Jorge Eduardo Barreto Naime, Paulo José Ferreira de Sousa Bezerra and Marcelo Casimiro Vasconcelos) committed these crimes.
However, he voted to acquit two soldiers who were also denounced by the (Attorney General’s Office), Major Flávio Silvestre de Alencar and Lieutenant Rafael Pereira Martins.
According to the PGR, despite having the means to prevent attacks and vandalism in Praça dos Três Poderes, the PMDF leadership failed to act. The seven defendants are on provisional release and wear electronic ankle bracelets.
In his vote, Moraes stated that the military adhered to criminal purposes aimed at an attempt at institutional rupture, which would lead to the abolition of the democratic rule of law and the deposition of the legitimately elected government.
“It is also worth highlighting that the criminal horde of the coup had been operating since the announcement of the results of the 2022 general elections, in an organized attempt that escalated into violence until culminating in the regrettable episode at the beginning of January this year,” he said.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the police subjectively joined the criminal actions of the coup plotters who vandalized the headquarters of the three Powers, instead of acting to prevent the destruction of public buildings.
The complaint also stated that the PMDF had informants or police officers infiltrated in the popular insurgency movements, including in the camps in front of the Army headquarters, who provided the officers with frequent information and images, highlighting the need for preventive action to prevent criminal acts.
