The national president of the Workers’ Party, said this Monday (April 13, 2026) that what the president (PT) gave to Alexandre de Moraes about declaring himself impeded in a possible trial involving Banco Master was out of respect for the minister of the Federal Supreme Court. The leader of the acronym made the statement in an interview with Record News.
“It is the guidance of someone who respects the minister, who understands that if there is something that wears him down in this Banco Master episode, that he does not participate in the Banco Master trial. Let him show that he is bigger than this entire episode and that he, in fact, wants all the allegations involving Banco Master to be investigated”he declared.
Edinho praised Moraes when he said that the STF minister “he played a wonderful role in defending democracy” and that the story “already registered” that.
“What President Lula has said is that he does not let this Banco Master episode tarnish his history, tarnish this trajectory that history will recognize as the stance of a minister who saved Brazilian democracy at that time”these.
On March 9, the Poder360 showed that lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes, partner at the firm and Moraes’ wife, received more than R$80 million from Banco Master for services provided to the institution, by the Central Bank in November 2025. The value is considered well above the market.
The bank’s founder, Daniel Vorcaro, . According to the INSS CPMI, the phone number the businessman had on the day he was arrested was that of Moraes.
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Edinho Silva also denied any agreement with the president of the Chamber, (Republicans-PB), so that the deputy (PT-MG) take the open position at the Federal Audit Court in exchange for Lula’s support for Nabor Wanderley’s (Republicanos-PB) candidacy for the Senate.
Nabor is Hugo Motta’s father. According to Edinho, Lula will support the former governor (PSB) and Veneziano senator Vital do Rêgo (MDB) in the two vacancies for Casa Alta in Paraíba.
