Sérgio Moro: There can be no one above the law within the rule of law.
Sérgio Moro: This applies to the Senator, to the Deputy, and to the President of the Republic.
And we have here a history of Parliamentarians and Presidents of the Republic who were investigated, and the same should equally apply to the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal).
Sérgio Moro: This does not place at risk, nor does it threaten the institution, which has existed in our republican system since 1891 — that is, a more-than-century-old institution — which has an important role, as the supreme tribunal, also responsible for judicial control of constitutionality, with its vast competence over the most varied subjects; now, what is impossible to accept is that there is no possibility of carrying out an investigation into well-founded suspicions of illicit acts involving that company Maridt.
Sérgio Moro: And there, the Congress, the Senate, which is so criticized, fulfilled its role.