Sérgio Moro: We even have a personal situation reported by Prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya himself, who is also one of those on the front line against organized crime, who will soon be of retirement age and will have difficulties retiring because, if he retires, he also runs the risk of losing that protection, but it is not only Ruy Fontes, it is not only Lincoln Gakiya, there are hundreds of public servants, police officers, judges, prosecutors and professionals from other careers who expose themselves daily to confronting organized crime.
Sérgio Moro: If we do not give them protection... Look, it is not a privilege, it is a necessary protection so that they can fulfill and properly perform their function.
No one is happy to have to have protection, to have to use an armored car, to have police in their escort, because that, in fact, also ends up creating restrictions on that individual's privacy and freedom.
Sérgio Moro: So, there is no privilege here that we are discussing or defending; on the contrary, it is a necessary protection under the law.
Sérgio Moro: I also want to record, at this moment, my solidarity with the family of the former Delegate-General of the Civil Police Ruy Fontes, with his friends, his fellow police officers, and all those who admire his work.