Sérgio Moro: It was tested in the courts, which affirmed its constitutionality, always with the purpose of preserving integrity.
Sérgio Moro: However, there was a movement that, in practice, would hollow it out, at least with respect to the most serious crimes.
I presented a first amendment to maintain the current text and a second amendment to preserve the current rules, at least with respect to those most serious crimes, and that amendment was accepted by the Rapporteur, Senator Marcelo Castro, after a great effort of persuasion made by me, but equally by my peers, among them here Senator Esperidião Amin.
Sérgio Moro: What we set down in this amendment is the maintenance of the current rule for the most serious crimes.
Sérgio Moro: Anyone convicted, for example, of drug trafficking, of participating in a criminal organization, or of committing crimes against the public administration, among them corruption and embezzlement, will be ineligible for a period of eight years after the completion of the sentence.