Moraes votes to make 250 more defendants for the 8/1 coup attacks – 05/09/2023 – Politics

Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Federal Supreme Court), voted this Tuesday (9) to make 250 defendants defendants after the coup attacks on the headquarters of the three Powers on January 8.

The session that judges the receipt of complaints filed by the PGR (Attorney General of the Republic) against the accused takes place in the virtual plenary of the court, where ministers cast their votes, and runs until next Monday (15).

So far, another 550 people have already become defendants in the Supreme Court due to coup acts.

Part of those denounced in the new trial took part directly in the attacks on the Supreme Court building, Congress and the Planalto Palace.

“Both are unconstitutional conducts and demonstrations that have the clear purpose of controlling or even annihilating the strength of critical thinking, indispensable to the democratic regime, as well as those that intend to destroy it, together with its republican institutions, preaching violence, arbitrariness, the disrespect to the separation of Powers and fundamental rights”, said Moraes in votes presented in the judgments.

“In short, pleading tyranny, arbitrariness, violence and the breach of republican principles, as verified by the criminal manifestations now imputed to the accused.”

This is the fourth analysis of cases referring to the attacks. In the first three, the court opened 100, 200 and 250 criminal actions, respectively, against those accused of the acts.

In all, 1,390 people were denounced by the PGR for involvement in the attacks.

In statements about the case, the PGR said there was a set of evidence to support the accusation, such as images, messages and testimonies. The material reveals that there was a stable and permanent situation of an association formed by hundreds of people to attack the institutions.

Lawyers and public defenders allege, among other arguments, the ineptitude of the complaints, stating that they are devoid of their elementary requirements, including the description of the criminal act with all its circumstances.

In his decision, Moraes refuted this thesis and said that, in crimes of this nature, “the detailed individualization of conduct encounters insurmountable barriers due to the collective nature of the conduct”.

He said there was no doubt, however, that everyone contributed to the result, “behold, it is a joint action, perpetrated by numerous agents, directed to the same end”.