Sérgio Moro: The fact is that, for these more serious crimes, the measure would end up becoming ineffective, because, during the serving of the sentence, that individual cannot run for election.
Sérgio Moro: So, suppose someone were sentenced for drug trafficking to ten years: at the end of serving the sentence they could already run for election the next day, and then we would face not only the risk of having people convicted of crimes against the public administration, but even the risk of having members of organized crime running in elections with the power and the money that, often, these individuals possess.
Fortunately, Amendment 146, authored by me, was approved and safeguarded that very important law, the Ficha Limpa Law.
Sérgio Moro: This gives us some relief in the sense that the fight against and prevention of corruption are not entirely lost.
Sérgio Moro: We know that this Lula government is absolutely hostile to preventing and combating corruption, illustrated by the fact that, from the outset, it moved against those moralizing provisions of the Ficha Limpa Law.