According to the most recent round of , 55% of Brazilians were aware of the suspected connection of ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court) with the case of and believe that there is .
Another 4%, on the other hand, say they do not believe that there is any level of participation by court members in the case, while 10% say they do not know whether or not ministers are involved.
These three groups together total almost 70% of those interviewed who say they have become aware, at least heard about, the suspected involvement of members of the STF in what has been happening.
Those who responded that they had no knowledge on the topic account for 30% of the population. The opinion of this group was not questioned as to whether or not they believed there was a connection between the ministers and the case.
In total, 2,004 people were interviewed by the institute from April 7th to 9th, in 137 municipalities across Brazil. The margin of error for the total sample is plus or minus 2 percentage points. The research was registered at the (Superior Electoral Court) under number BR-03770/2026.
Since the end of last year, the former banker has been one of the main fuels of the public crisis in which the court finds itself involved.
In the midst of this, there is pressure for the approval of a more detailed code of ethics applicable to members of the court, as well as movements in defense of .
The Datafolha survey also shows that the opinion on whether or not there are links between court members and the episode varies when looking at the voting intention declared by the respondent.
While 42% of those who say they intend to vote for (PT) in this year’s election believe in the involvement of ministers in the Master case, this rate jumps to 70% among (PL) voters. Among those who declare a blank, null or no candidate vote, this percentage is 48%.
If, in the general sample, 30% say they do not know the reports of suspicions that hover over ministers, among the youngest, aged 16 to 24, this percentage reaches 48%. It also has a higher level, around 42%, among those who only have primary education and also among those who say they will vote blank or null.
As shown by Sheetwere a way of trying to contain the political wear and tear caused by the Banco Master scandal. The intention is to prevent the right from gaining an electoral advantage with the case.
In an interview last week, as minister, highlighting his conduct of the January 8 trial.
Among the questions asked of the minister are the Master’s contract with his wife’s office, Viviane Barci. Federal Revenue documents released last week indicate transfers that arrived. Publicly in March, for the first time, that he provided services to the bank and, regarding the amounts, he restricted himself to saying that he did not confirm “incorrect and illicitly leaked information”.
Another reason for Moraes’ stress was , including on the day the former banker was arrested for the first time. The minister denies it.
Toffoli, in turn, who was the first rapporteur of the Master case at the court and made a series of controversial decisions during this period, . Even his departure took place in a very atypical way, after a closed-door meeting with his peers, from which a note was released declaring support for the minister. That week, the Federal Police had sent a report to the president of the court, Edson Fachin, reporting suspicions about the case.
The indication of payments made to the company Maridt, which has the minister among its partners, and which, in Paraná, to an investment fund used in Master’s fraud gear, weighs against Toffoli. The magistrate says that the transaction was duly declared and .
Another minister who was affected by the Master case is Kassio Nunes Marques. Documentos, a company that had Daniel Vorcaro as one of its partners, from Brasília to Maceió, in November. The trip was organized and paid for by lawyer Camilla Ewerton Ramos, according to the minister himself. She works for the bank.
Also from the same company, on a flight offered to the magistrate by MBRF’s largest shareholder, Marcos Molina. The minister told the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo that he did not know about Vorcaro’s relations with Prime Aviation.
documents indicate that Moraes and Prime Aviation.
The terms of Vorcaro’s plea bargain jointly by the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) and the . In the initial stages, lawyers representing the former banker even suggested to investigators that no Supreme Court ministers be mentioned. The idea would have been rejected, however, given that the whistleblower could not be given the prerogative to select who would be accused or spared.
