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31 statements · 1 politicians · August 13, 2025
Statements by Sérgio Moro. 31 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Legislative Process, Special Jurisdiction / Special Court, Separation of Powers, Judiciary.
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Good afternoon everyone, good afternoon to the colleagues Senators here present.
A special greeting to our friend Senator Eduardo Girão and also to my friend Felipe Cunha, present here.
- Neutral
About: investigate obstruction of the National Congress's work
I want to record here that, last week, we had this obstruction of the work of the National Congress, and that the results are still unfolding, but we already have positive developments.
- Neutral
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
One of them: the topic of ending the privileged forum has returned to the legislative agenda.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
I have always been against the privileged forum, I am against the privileged forum and I always will be against the privileged forum.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
There is no justification for treating a political agent, a parliamentarian, a minister or any President of the Republic as someone who receives different legal treatment in relation to the ordinary citizen.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
First, there is the republican ideal that we must follow, that we must observe, and this unequal treatment has always been something incompatible with our Republic.
- Neutral
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
That goes back to 1891 and runs through all our Constitutions.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
We have always sought equality within a Republic, and the privileged forum has been a cause either of impunity or of political persecution.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
Recently, unfortunately, it has indeed given rise to controversial criminal actions filed with the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) against Parliamentarians, criminal actions that, many times, upon analysis, are not justified.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
So for us to be able, at this moment, to resume this topic and resume the PEC that was approved in the Federal Senate several years ago and that is pending in the Chamber of Deputies is something extremely positive.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
Any alternative to proceedings in the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) is valid.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
On my part, I would recommend that everything be forwarded to the first instance courts.
- Neutral
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
We had, during Operation Lava Jato, former political agents who were criminally prosecuted in the first instance, and I do not recall there being major problems with those investigations or criminal prosecutions.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
That is to say, let us treat everyone as equal citizens, but if the alternative is also to process them, as they say, in the regional federal courts, that seems appropriate to me.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
The regional federal courts are technical courts, composed mostly of career magistrates and are also capable of carrying out adequate, impartial and technical work in relation to any criminal cases against political agents.
- Against
About: condition investigations of political agents on approval by their respective Legislative Houses
What I cannot agree with is what has been raised only by the press, because I do not know if it will still be implemented, a proposal that investigations against political agents would come to depend on approval from the respective Legislative Houses.
- Against
About: condition investigations of political agents on approval by their respective Legislative Houses
There, as they say, the remedy is excessive and kills the patient.
- Neutral
About: allow the Houses to deliberate on continuing criminal prosecutions against their members
Today, under the Constitution, in art. 53, §2, a criminal action brought against a holder of a legislative mandate may be impeded after the complaint is received before the respective House, which can make a deliberative judgment as to whether that action has political motivations or not.
- For
About: allow the Houses to deliberate on continuing criminal prosecutions against their members
This is a decision that has been interpreted affirmatively: the House has to deliberate in order to be able to suspend.
- Neutral
About: require prior authorization from the House to initiate criminal prosecution
In the past, a criminal action could only proceed if the House authorized it.
- For
About: not require prior authorization from the House to initiate criminal prosecution
That change was salutary, because the previous regime brought serious cases of impunity, a feeling of impunity, recalling that famous and unfortunate Federal Deputy who was involved, down in the Amazon, with organized crime and even used a chainsaw to kill and mutilate his victims.
- For
About: not require prior authorization from the House to initiate criminal prosecution
So we must not go back to that time. Investigations should not depend on any prior authorization by the National Congress; we should maintain the current regime that an action may be impeded, yes, if there is a pronouncement by the House opposing the continuation of the criminal action.
- For
About: allow the House to suspend criminal prosecution only if political motivation or procedural violation is established
And, of course, such an impediment can only occur if it is concluded that the criminal prosecution has political motivations or, possibly, that due process or the rights, in some way, of the accused have been violated.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
So perhaps we can have great progress stemming from the obstruction carried out last week, from the verification of these cases of abuses and excesses committed by the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal).
- For
About: prevent political use of precautionary measures, such as passport seizure
The clearest example here are the precautionary measures that were arbitrarily imposed on our colleague, Senator Marcos do Val.
- For
About: prevent political use of precautionary measures, such as passport seizure
There is no justification for that extremely harsh treatment, whether one agrees or not with Senator Do Val's words or manner of speaking, all the more so to justify the imposition of an electronic ankle monitor and, in practice, house arrest during nighttime hours or on weekends.
- For
About: counter procedural abuses committed by judicial bodies
So these abuses are happening, and these abuses must be repelled.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
Perhaps they may have the positive side effect of allowing us to finally approve the end of the privileged forum, which would be a civilizational advance.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
Everything that moves in the direction of more equal treatment between political agents and citizens in general we must see as positive, and the end of the privileged forum is a powerful remedy — perhaps not sufficient — to generate a more harmonious and healthier relationship here among the Powers of our Republic.
- For
About: end special legal privileges (foro privilegiado)
We will monitor the developments of these events in the Chamber of Deputies and hope that time does not erase these initiatives, that these initiatives are not buried by any accommodation, because if we set this aside, later they will return and will return stronger and with even worse consequences. Thank you very much. (During the speech d
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