the revealing conversations of Sergio Moro about the Lula trial

The revelations of the news portal L & # 39; interception on the dialogues between the Minister of Justice Sergio Moro -When I was judging – with prosecutors, about the judicial process against the former president Lula Da Silva This changed the country's politics.

Sergio Moro has been inducted as an honest superhero by major Brazilian and regional media, for a series of corruption investigations developed since 2014 and known as "Lava Jato", which have spread in several country of the region. His "impartial" and "apolitical" judicial personality, whose sole purpose was to render justice without any political motivation, seemed immaculate, although, as soon as Jair Bolsonaro badumed the presidency, he was appointed Minister of Justice.

The exchange of published messages, if their authenticity is confirmed, reveals that Judge Moro and the prosecutors acted in a coordinated manner and with political objectives in the trial that sentenced Lula Da Silva.

Contrary to his statements of impartiality and to perform only a "depoliticized" legal work, the messages show what we have repeated in this column: the ultimate goal of the lawsuit against Lula de Silva was D & # 39; Avoid the continuity of the Workers Party (PT) in front of the country. This is how Dilma Rousseff was first fired, and then Lula was jailed in April 2018 for not running for president. When he named Fernando Haddad as his successor, as you can read in the broadcast message broadcast, these did not allow him to be interviewed freely, as this might favor Haddad.

Once the revelations of the news portal are known – no one denies it, although Moro denounces their illegal obtaining, some of the most influential media that have supported the "Lava Jato", as well as newspapers Folha de Sao Paulo and O State of Sao Paulo– They moved away from the judge. O StateIn his editorial, he even asked for the resignation of the Minister of Justice and the removal of prosecutors from the unit "Lava Jato".

For the first time in years, the political and judicial rights of Brazil have lost the initiative because the revelations affect the credibility of all that has been done against Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva. Many sectors demand the freedom of the former president who has always proclaimed his innocence.

The judiciary was so important lately that his interrogation seems to leave the country aimless, although Bolsonaro has his Minister of Justice. For the moment …

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