The ABJD (Brazilian Lawyers’ Association for Democracy) has asked to challenge the registration of Deltan Dallagnol (Podemos), a former prosecutor of the MPF (Federal Public Ministry) and ex-coordinator of Operation Lava Jato, at the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association). To UOLthe former prosecutor denied any wrongdoing while working for the SPF and objected ABZD.

The request was sent to a section of the Paraná Bar Association and also contains a request to initiate administrative proceedings against a politician who should be a federal candidate for Podemos in this year’s elections.

The association’s lawyers argue that the former prosecutor “particularly lacks moral character” and refers in the document to the relationship between Deltán and former judge Sergio Moro (União Brasil) in Operation Lava Jato. They also pointed to the “partisan and partisan nature of the applicant’s role as a lawyer” in communications between Curitiba’s prosecutors.

“The bar candidate had dozens of submissions against himself made to the National Council of the Public Ministry – CNMP, and taking advantage of the sluggishness of the judiciary, which the bar candidate has always usurped, they, as a result, took the place of the prescription,” concluded the request.

In the document, the magistrates also mentioned that Deltana’s position in Lava Jato was in line with violations of Brazilian institutions and national sovereignty.

“The actions of the lawyer candidate at the head of Operation Lava Jato only testify to a complete break with respect for the Federal Constitution and the principles of the public office he held, due to an attempt to create a fourth power or parallel power to promote party political activities.

The Association also recalled the decision taken in March by the STJ (High Court) to condemn ex-MPF to compensate former President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in the amount of 75,000 reais for a PowerPoint presentation that identified PT as the mastermind behind a corruption scheme. The case happened in 2016, during the investigation of the task force.

Deltan Discount Association

In a note to UOLDeltan stated that “once again these self-styled ‘lawyers’ understand nothing about democracy” and called the association’s request “hypocritical”.

“While they vehemently defend the responsibility of criminals only after the cases are closed, which in most cases leads to impunity, now they seek in a clearly hypocritical way to remove Deltana Dallagnol from the exercise of his professional activities without even receiving any procedures against him.” .

The ex-prosecutor also denied any wrongdoing during his time at the SPF and accused lawyers of relying on “narratives of a purely ideological nature and using interpretations and distortions of illegal evidence.”

“There is nothing more undemocratic and hostile to Republican principles than the persecution of those whom the ABJD considers political opponents just because their technical work has reached their political interests or the interests of allies, especially when the goal of the ABJD is to make Deltan’s professional activities unfeasible.” Dallanyol and silence him, which ABJD clearly doesn’t like,” the politician fired.