Moro wants Dallagnol as a witness in a cassation request – 03/02/2023 – Mônica Bergamo

Senator Sergio Moro (União Brasil-PR) presented to the Regional Electoral Court of Paraná (TRE-PR) a challenge to the PL action that asks for the annulment of his mandate. To the electoral court, the defense of the former judge claims that it is a “tiring and unsustainable litany” marked by bad faith and “procedural abuse”.

The parliamentarian’s lawyers ask that the action be extinguished, that the request for breach of tax secrecy against Moro be rejected and that federal deputy Deltan Dallagnol (Podemos-PR) be heard as a witness for the senator’s defense.

Party of former president Jair Bolsonaro, the PL claims that Sergio Moro started his campaign for the Presidency when he was still affiliated with Podemos – at the deadline, the former judge went to União Brasil and launched himself to the Senate.

The problem, argues Valdemar Costa Neto’s caption, is that the former judge’s accountability did not consider the period prior to the change of party. And, therefore, he should be investigated for allegedly using resources from Podemos and União Brasil to project himself on the eve of the elections without declaring them.

When contesting the demand, Moro’s lawyers ask the judge Mario Helton Jorge to state that the investigation request is “nonsense”.

“Perhaps the case did not demand judges, prosecutors and lawyers, but psychiatrists, such was the conspiracy theory constructed”, they say.

“The Judiciary cannot be the scene of vendettas, accusations without any foundation, serious precautionary requests in the face of reputable people in the name of political headlines”, they also point out.

Senator Sergio Moro maintains that typical pre-campaign expenses were paid for by the acronyms and that, according to the legislation, they should not be submitted to accountability for the electoral period. He also says that all the signings made on the eve of the electoral process were transparent.

“Electoral legislation grants all pre-candidacies a wide possibility of making themselves known among the population, through the most varied means available, with personal promotion being expressly permitted”, states the defense, which is signed by lawyers Gustavo Guedes, Rodrigo Gaião, Cassio Prudente Vieira Leite and Mateus Cavalheiro Quinalha.

The parliamentarian’s defense also says that the PL signed with Podemos “a real joint venture” against Moro, since his former party shared internal documents that demonstrated the investments made during the former judge’s pre-campaign.

Lawyers also question the fact that the president of Podemos, federal deputy Renata Abreu (SP), was not mentioned in the action that points to alleged irregularities in the senator’s accountability. The same question is extended to the president of União Brasil, Luciano Bivar.

“There is no way to isolate it from illegality, and it must be understood as a participant in actions considered illegal”, they point out. “Practically all conduct identified as irregular by the action went through determinations of the party leadership.”

As the column showed, Sergio Moro’s impeachment request submitted by the PL is corroborated by the Associação Brasil da Esperança in Paraná, which brings together the state directorates of PT, PV and PC do B in Paraná and presented a second action with the same purpose.

Together, the captions accuse the former judge of practicing slush funds and abuse of economic power and evoke the case of Senator Judge Selma (Podemos-MT), whose mandate was revoked in 2019 by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Moro’s lawyers deny any similarity between the cases.

The Electoral Court concluded that the then-candidate Judge Selma and her first alternate omitted from the Court significant amounts used to pay campaign expenses in the pre-election period.

Among the expenses was hiring a research and marketing company to produce videos, jingles and photos before the official start of the campaign, which is prohibited by law.

“All pre-campaign expenses were intended, specifically, for the pre-campaign itself and within legality”, sustain Moro’s lawyer,. “In no act was identified the intention of promoting or requesting votes”, they follow.

Moro’s defense also questions the “voracity” and lack of grounds for requests for breach of secrecy and search and seizure presented by the PL, stating that, if granted, they would lead to the seizure of assets of lawyers, family members and employees who are not even directly involved in the case.

Moro’s lawyers still ask that Valdemar Costa Neto’s acronym be punished for making “absolutely unreasonable requests”.

In addition to Moro’s impeachment, the PL also requests that new elections be held for Paraná’s seat in the Senate and that Paulo Martins (PL), second in the polls in 2022, assume the post on an interim basis. The assessment is that Martins would be the favorite to win the new election.

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