Moro will be even more meticulous with Lula

Investigators, advisors and lawyers who closely monitor the progress of the Lava Jato lawsuit in Curitiba, judge that Judge Sérgio Moro should take a few more days to give sentence in the case in which former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is guilty in the case Of the triplex in Guarujá.

Both in the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) and in the Federal Court in Paraná, there is the understanding that the extension of the final allegations of the 363-page Petista defense will require more Moro time. In addition, the judge of the 13th Federal Criminal Court of Curitiba must be even more meticulous in the decision on Lula, mainly because of the political weight of the decision. "Moro knows the importance of this sentence. Therefore, it will review and revise before making the decision, "said a source.

The decision of the Regional Federal Court of the 4th Region (TRF-4) to reform Moro's decision and acquit former PT treasurer João Vaccari Neto, who has been imprisoned since 2015, is working with this expectation. Both in the Judiciary of Paraná and around Lula, the news was interpreted as a clear signal from the court of second instance for Lava Jato.

Moro had condemned Vaccari to 15 years and 4 months in prison for passive corruption, money laundering and criminal association. Last week, TRF-4 acquitted the former Treasurer of the allegation that there was no evidence against Vaccari other than the word of informers.

"We celebrate doubly. First of all because the Vaccari was judged, secondly because the TRF-4 opened up a new perspective and made us very excited. Now we are very convinced that there is no way Moro can condemn Lula, there is not a single material proof in the case of the triplex, "said former Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency Gilberto Carvalho.

According to sources close to Moro, the decision of the TRF-4 should make it difficult for a sentence contrary to Lula. They estimate that, in order to convict the PT, the judge would have to apply the theory of the domain of fact, claiming that Lula had control over everything that happened. Otherwise, the evidence falls on former First Lady Marisa Letícia, who died in February as a result of a cerebral aneurysm - it was Marisa who decided to buy a quota from Bancoop at the Guarujá building and who was most often at the property.

Expectancy

The impending publication of the judgment in the case of the triplex is cause for concern in the political world and speculation in the market. Last Friday rumors that Moro would announce the ruling even before the weekend circulated among financial operators. The rumors were not confirmed. On that day, Moro, who was on his way back to the United States, heard testimony from Paulo Okamoto, president of the Lula Institute, and the directors of the entity Paulo Vanucchi, Luiz Dulci and Clara Ant, but in the case that the donation of a land to the institute By the construction company Odebrecht.

Lula is accused of passive corruption and money laundering in the trial on the triplex. According to the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF), the former president would have received R $ 3.7 million in bribes (through the apartment and storage of part of the PT's presidential collection) from OAS in exchange for advantages in contracts with Petrobrás. Lula's defense claims that the PT was never the owner and did not even enjoy the apartment and that the MPF was unable to produce evidence beyond the testimony of the former president of OAS Léo Pinheiro.

If he is convicted in first and second instance, Lula can be framed in the Law of the Clean Registry and be prevented from disputing the elections of 2018. The PT leads the searches. In addition, the former president is accused in two other cases. One of them investigates onlendings of contractors investigated by Lava Jato to LILS, company of lectures of the PT. The third process is about the site used by Lula and his family in Atibaia. The information is from the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo.