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Gilmar Mendes, March 9, 2021

“Depois, fui eu quem, diante da clara ilegalidade e desvio de finalidade, suspendeu a posse de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva como Ministro indicado por Dilma Rousseff em meio à deflagração de fase da Operação Lava Jato (MS 34.070 MC, DJe 28.3.2016), afirmando que tal ato pretendia fraudar a definição da competência para julgamento do processo penal em questão. Ou seja, mantive este processo sob o julgamento de Sergio Moro naquele momento.”

Portal translation: Later, it was I who, given the clear illegality and misuse of purpose, suspended the swearing-in of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Minister appointed by Dilma Rousseff amid the launch of a phase of Operation Lava Jato (MS 34.070 MC, DJe 3/28/2016), stating that this act sought to defraud the determination of jurisdiction for trial of the criminal case in question. That is, I kept this case under Sergio Moro's judgment at that time.

The translation is the portal's; the original text, in Portuguese, is the one that prevails.

Context

In the vote, Gilmar Mendes recalled that in 2016 he suspended Lula's appointment as minister and kept the case with Moro.

Where

Vote · Vote in HC 164.493/DF (Second Panel of the Supreme Federal Court (STF))

Verification

Checked against a case document: Voto do ministro Gilmar Mendes no HC 164.493/DF (suspeição de Sergio Moro), on Oct. 24, 2026. Copied from the PDF of the vote (section 6). The 2016 decision (MS 34.070 MC, DJe March 28, 2016) is cited by the vote, but its text was not opened.

Topics

bias ruling, stf

Mentions

Sergio Moro, Lula

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