Sérgio Moro: Everyone in this Chamber who knows me knows I am not a Parliamentarian given to insults or to bluster, but public debate must be preserved.
Sérgio Moro: And the Parliamentarian speaks on behalf of those he represents; he cannot come up to the floor in a straitjacket and face the risk of being prosecuted if he eventually makes criticisms or utters sharper words directed at other authorities or institutions.
So, in this context, for us to consider greater procedural guarantees for Parliamentarians for—quote—"crimes of opinion", for example crimes against honor or any form of criminalization of a Parliamentarian's speech, is reasonable.
Sérgio Moro: Also because, as it has not in practice been respected—the immunity is material—the procedural guarantee often ends up being a necessary remedy.
Sérgio Moro: Now, never... And here I say: we can never accept extending some kind of greater guarantee or protection with respect to common crimes, with respect to the misappropriation of public funds, with respect to the crime of bribery, of corruption, embezzlement, all crimes against the public administration.