The Federal Supreme Court (STF) began judging this Wednesday (10) the criminal action filed by the Court against former Senator Fernando Collor for the crimes of corruption, money laundering and criminal organization. The trial will decide whether Collor will be convicted by the court. In this afternoon’s session, only the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) spoke and defended the conviction of Collor, who is also a former president of the Republic. The trial was then suspended and will resume on Thursday (11). According to a complaint accepted by the Supreme Court in August 2017, the former congressman allegedly received R$29 million in bribes for alleged political influence at BR Distribuidora, a subsidiary of Petrobras. The case comes from the investigations of Operation Lava Jato. During the session, the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, Lindora Araújo, asked for Collor’s conviction. According to Lindora, the former senator was responsible for political appointments at BR distributor and received undue advantages in company contracts. According to the vice-prosecutor, the evidence is not based solely on award-winning accusations, but on seized documents and financial reports that were analyzed together to confirm the authorship of the crimes. “The payment of bribes to the criminal organization group, led at the time by Fernando Collor, was proven in the negotiations for changing gas station flags and building fuel distribution bases,” she said. Defense In tomorrow’s session, Collor’s defense will be heard by ministers. During the course of the process, the former parliamentarian’s lawyers argued that there is no evidence that he received undue resources. In addition, the lawyers maintained that there is no ex officio act that can prove consideration by the senator for receiving the alleged bribe.
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