Senator and former judge paraphrases Mark Twain and celebrates “unanimous, technical and independent judgment” in which the TSE rejected “lies and falsehoods”
In a publication on his profile on X (formerly Twitter), the senator Sergio Moro (União Brasil-PR) celebrated the decision of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) that acquitted him on Tuesday (May 21, 2024) of the charges of slush fund, abuse of economic power, misuse of the media and irregularity in contracts .
In the text, the congressman joked and said that “rumors about the revocation were exaggerated”. The speech is a reference to the phrase by American writer Mark Twain (1835-1910): “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” (“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”in Portuguese).
Moro stated that the Electoral Court rejected the actions they seek, “with lies and falsehoods”the revocation of his mandate. “Popular sovereignty and the votes of almost 2 million people from Paraná were respected”declared the former judge.
The appeals were presented by PL and for Brazilian Federation of Hope (PT, PC do B and PV) to the TSE after the TRE-PR have acquitted the congressman on April 9. The parties accuse the senator of abuse of economic power for starting a campaign as a pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic before becoming a candidate for the Senate for Paraná in 2022.
In the decision, the ministers claimed that Moro’s conduct is not an ethical model to be followed in an electoral campaign. However, the evidence presented on the expenses of pre-campaign events does not prove that there were excesses.
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The parties presented the appeals on April 22. Both the PT, the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvaas for the PL, of the former president Jair Bolsonaroaccuse Moro of abuse of economic power for starting a campaign as a pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic before becoming a candidate for the Senate for Paraná.
The parties are calling for the senator’s impeachment and ineligibility for 8 years. The substitutes, Luis Felipe Cunha It is Ricardo Guerraare also defendants in the actions.
On April 9, TRE-PR decided, by 5 votes to 2, to reject the two actions presented by the parties against the senator.
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