What is the real size of the Master case? Can it now be compared to Lava Jato?
The almost daily revelations of the scandal never cease to surprise. The banker’s web involves politicians, Supreme Court ministers, Central Bank employees and even henchmen hired to intimidate opponents and journalists.
The information contained in Vorcaro’s cell phone has only just begun to come to light, and the Master case will certainly invade the electoral period and be one of the main themes of the presidential campaign.
For this reason, it is being called by some the new Lava Jato, which, at its peak, between 2015 and 2017, had almost daily operations by the Federal Police and took many big people to jail. Lava Jato, it is always worth remembering, was fundamentally important in the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president, in 2018, by weakening the PT and Lula.
But perhaps it’s still a little early to say that the Master case will have the same political impact. Lava Jato, after all, represented a historic paradigm shift.
For the first time, businessmen and politicians who had always felt above the law were caught at home early in the morning and taken to jail, escorted by characters like the famous Japanese Federal.
Brazil watched everything in amazement. Plea bargains, which were a new instrument, became a primary investigation tool. Large business conglomerates simply collapsed.
Even the collapse of the operation a few years later, in the so-called Vaza Jato, also had profound effects on the way the fight against corruption is viewed. The excesses of Lava Jato showed that it is necessary to have concrete evidence beyond just accusations.
One difference now is that the Master case hit the Judiciary hard, in an unprecedented way. If this causes a change in the rites and behaviors of the Supreme Court, or even leads to the downfall of some super powerful ministers, then, yes, it could have an impact comparable to Lava Jato.
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