“laughs at family threatened by crime”

Former judge and senator Sergio Moro (União-PR) repudiated this Thursday afternoon (23) the statements by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) about the threat of the First Command of the Capital (PCC) to his life and from your family. For the congressman, Lula “laughed at a family threatened by crime”.

“I was surprised by a speech by the President of the Republic who simply laughed at the threats to me and my family. [Lula] he went so far as to suggest that it might be a setup on my part. I vehemently repudiate these claims,” ​​Moro said.

The senator’s reaction came hours after President Lula commented on the operation carried out this Wednesday (22) by the Federal Police against PCC criminals. According to the investigators, there was a joint plan against several authorities, including Moro.

“I will not speak because I think it is another set up by Moro. I’m going to find out what happened because it’s visible that it’s a frame by Moro. I think it’s more of a set-up and, if it’s a set-up, he’s going to be exposed even more and I don’t know what he’s going to do with his life if he keeps lying the way he’s lying”, said Lula. The statement was made during an agenda in Rio de Janeiro.

For Moro, the petista needs to respect the investigative work of the police. “I ask that you respect the work that the Federal Police is doing, and the work that the police that are providing security to me and my family. You have to do a very serious reflection on what you intend to do in your government “, he completed.

In addition to Moro, Senator Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS) also criticized Lula’s speech. “The President of the Republic demonstrates that he lacks the proper emotional balance to deal with the responsibilities of the position he occupies”, said Mourão on social networks.

Planalto carried out an operation to try to shield Lula in the case of threats to Moro

Lula’s statement took place in the midst of an operation by members of the Planalto Palace to try to shield the PT in the case of threats against the authorities. The strategy came after members of the opposition tried to link the case against Moro with Lula’s interview with the portal Brazil 247in which the petista said that “it would only be fine when f **** with Moro”.

“Once in a while a solicitor would go in there on a Saturday or a week to visit, if everything was fine. Three or four attorneys would come in and ask: ‘Is everything okay?’. I was like, ‘It’s not okay. It will only be fine when I fuck this Moro’. You cut the word ‘f****’ there…”, said Lula in the interview.

Shortly after the operation against PCC members was launched, the Minister of the Social Communication Secretariat (Secom), Paulo Pimenta (PT), hurriedly called a press conference to declare that attempts to associate the president with the actions of groups criminals are “perverse” and “out of place”.

“Trying, as some people are trying, to establish a link between this statement and the operation carried out by the PF is something absolutely pointless and obviously serves to the political dispute”, said Pimenta.

The Secom minister also tried to minimize Lula’s statements, claiming that they were just a manifestation of those who were arrested and felt wronged. “President Lula’s demonstration was a demonstration in which he reported the feeling of injustice and indignation. Absolutely natural and understandable for someone who was detained for 580 days in solitary confinement and then had all his processes annulled, ”he argued.

Before that, the Minister of Justice, Flavio Dino, had already criticized the attempt to politicize the investigations. “It is vile, frivolous and unreasonable any connection between these events and Brazilian politics. I am really amazed at the level of bad character of anyone who tries to politicize a serious investigation. An investigation that is so serious that it was done in defense of life and integrity of a senator who opposes our government”, he declared.

PF carried out an operation to arrest a group that planned attacks against authorities

The Federal Police carried out this Wednesday (22) an operation to arrest a criminal group that planned to carry out attacks against public servants and authorities. Among the actions, the suspects even intended homicides and extortion through kidnapping.

The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, informed that among the possible victims was a senator and a prosecutor. Former judge Sergio Moro was one of the targets of the criminal group, and the SP prosecutor, Lincoln Gakiya, was the other mentioned. In all, nine people were arrested and two remain at large.

According to the PF, the attacks were planned in five units of the federation: Rondônia, Paraná, Federal District, Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo. In all, 24 search and seizure warrants, seven preventive arrest warrants and four temporary arrest warrants were issued against suspects and addresses located in Rondônia, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo and Paraná.

Commenting on the PF operation, Senator Sergio Moro asked for the federal government’s support for the bill that intends to make it a crime to plan attacks by criminal factions against public agents and authorities. According to the parliamentarian, the plan against him would be retaliation for his work as Minister of Justice in the Bolsonaro government.

“I made this project to create penal types, so that we can punish the planning of these actions, these attacks against authorities or people involved in the fight against organized crime”, he said.