Sérgio Moro: I am not saying that those acts were correct.
Sérgio Moro: No, they were reprehensible, they were wrong and must pay for their mistakes, but not in the absolute disproportion we are seeing.
It would be more appropriate that these cases be referred to the first instance, as was the case of former President Lula.
Sérgio Moro: Under the consolidated jurisprudence of more than 20 years, since 1999, Lula was no longer serving as President.
Sérgio Moro: For that reason, he was tried in the first instance, and was able to appeal to the second instance, in which he was likewise convicted, and was able to appeal to the third instance, the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), in which he was also convicted, until that political turnaround came and nullities were found there — in my view, nonexistent — which led to, let's say, a change in the former President's situation, who was released and later was even able to run for the Presidency of the Republic, without ever having been declared, by the way, innocent.