Former governor of Rio de Janeiro Sérgio Cabral.| Photo: Alexandre Mazzo/Arquivo/Gazeta do Povo.

The Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region (TRF2) revoked this Wednesday (1st) the house arrest referring to one of the processes faced by the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral. However, the decision does not immediately benefit the politician, who continues to serve house arrest for another TRF2 decision, on the Calicut Operation process, in progress in the First Specialized Section, informed Agência Brasil.

This Wednesday’s decision reaches the conviction of 20 years, 4 months and 21 days of imprisonment in a closed regime determined by the First Specialized Panel of TRF2 in the Efficiency Operation process.

The vote of the rapporteur, Judge Simone Schreiber, was followed unanimously. The First Specialized Panel considered that the reasons that justified the precautionary measure are not maintained. The judges understood that there was an excess of custody time and that Cabral does not pose a risk to public order and the instruction of the process, which is already concluded.

The understanding is in line with the decision handed down by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in December, which determined the revocation of the former governor’s preventive detention.