Fachin votes to make 200 more defendants denounced for coup acts

Minister Edson Fachin, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), was the third to vote for making defendants over 200 denounced in the investigation of the coup acts of January 8, when the headquarters of the Three Powers were invaded and widely vandalized by supporters of the former president. President Jair Bolsonaro. Like Minister Dias Toffoli, Fachin fully accompanied the vote of the rapporteur for inquiries into the case at the Supreme Court, Minister Alexandre de Moraes. The receipt of more than 200 complaints is being judged in a virtual plenary, where votes are deposited electronically, without in-person deliberation. The session started on Tuesday (25th) and continues until 23:59 on the next Monday (1st). A first batch of 100 complaints were accepted last week, by 8 votes to 2. Only ministers André Mendonça and Nunes Marques disagreed with the others. They were the only ones who defended that the complaints should be judged by the first instance of Federal Justice. In this week’s vote, Moraes pointed out that those involved in the January 8 acts tried to “destroy the democratic regime and its institutions, preaching violence, pleading tyranny, arbitrariness, violence and the breach of republican principles.” A new wave of 250 complaints is scheduled to be judged next week, in a virtual session scheduled to start next Tuesday (2). In all, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) filed 1,390 formal charges with the Supreme Court, all against people who directly participated in acts of vandalism or who incited violence. So far, no one has been denounced for financing or idealizing coup acts. The situation is unprecedented for the Supreme Court, which had never dealt with so many simultaneous complaints about the same case. Virtual sessions were the way found by Moraes and the President of the Supreme Court, Rosa Weber, to deal with such a large volume of people prosecuted. The measure, however, has been criticized by lawyers. The expectation is that the receipt of all complaints will be appreciated by June. Then, the phase of the criminal action must begin, with a new procedural instruction and possible production of new evidence and collection of new testimonies, even at the request of the defenses. There is no set deadline for the final judgment.

Agência Brasil