Between privileged jurisdiction and privileged Moro.

A hero to the protesters who wear the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) jersey (whose president, Marco Polo Del Nero, cannot even leave the country, given his involvement in the biggest corruption scandal in FIFA's history) and who take to the streets "against corruption," Judge Sergio Moro, head of the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba and responsible for the Lava Jato Operation investigations at the first instance, was photographed in a rather embarrassing situation on Tuesday night, December 6th. At an event for Istoé magazine, held in São Paulo, Moro appeared laughing and quite relaxed alongside Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG), one of the parliamentarians most cited in Lava Jato plea bargains. I can only imagine the hard blow that the conscience of those who believed in him must have received. Yes, Sergio Moro is just another selective judge who intends, yes, to end corruption; but only the corruption stemming from the political class that displeases him. And only that class.

If you still haven't understood, here's another hint: the small group of toucans and their associates are not part of that group.

It is true that, as a first-instance judge, Moro could not investigate Aécio. However, the good relationship between the two is noteworthy because of their different public profiles. In general, Sérgio Moro seeks to convey an austere and exemplary image in his public appearances and statements, as a public servant engaged in the fight against corruption should present himself.

An idol of protesters against corruption, or rather, against the corruption of the PT (since, today, without naming names and somewhat ashamedly, the pot-bangers protest "against Congress"), Moro has become a kind of reincarnation of Joaquim Barbosa, the former Supreme Court minister who rose to hero status after leading the convictions of politicians involved in the "mensalão" scandal.

Especially in recent months, Sérgio Moro has become a messianic figure to the point that, at the demonstration last Sunday, December 4th, a protester went so far as to call him the "second son" of God.

Aécio, on the other hand, is a figure whose image has been severely damaged since October 2014, when he lost the presidential election to Dilma Rousseff. The politician has already been cited by numerous whistleblowers (among them former senator Delcídio do Amaral, the money launderer Alberto Youssef, one of his "money couriers," Carlos Alexandre de Souza Rocha, "Ceará" (both cases dismissed), the lobbyist Fernando Moura, linked to the PT, and the former PP congressman Pedro Corrêa). Among other accusations, Aécio has been pointed out as responsible for a monthly payment scheme at Furnas, as a beneficiary of schemes at Banco Rural, and as "the most annoying" bribe collector. According to the Odebrecht construction company's testimony, he also received funds from his marketing consultant Paulo Vasconcelos. According to the OAS construction company's testimony, the parliamentarian received a bribe of 3% of the total investment in the works of the Administrative City in Belo Horizonte. That's no small amount, and to this day, the Senator hasn't even testified in court. Curious, isn't it?

In the audio recordings made by the former president of Transpetro, Sergio Machado, Aécio also features prominently. "Aécio is afraid," Senator Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL) tells Machado about Delcídio's testimony. In another part of the recordings, Machado talks to Senator Romero Jucá (PMDB-RR) and asks: "Who doesn't know about Aécio's scheme?".

More recently, Aécio reportedly mobilized to secure Senate approval for the expedited processing of the anti-corruption package approved in the Chamber of Deputies, which, as we all know, was completely distorted by parliamentarians. According to a report in the newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo, Aécio was the first to orchestrate the urgency of the vote, and the PSDB promised votes on the request but did not deliver. This allegedly occurred, according to anonymous sources, due to a leak of the issue, causing a strong negative reaction from society and some senators in the plenary session.
Returning to the event last Tuesday, December 6th (Istoé magazine award), Moro was elected "Brazilian of the Year in Justice". The main award of the night, "Brazilian of the Year", however shocking it may be, went to Michel Temer. No surprise, however. In recent months, the magazine has adopted a friendly tone when dealing with Temer, and even stated that the PMDB was the "safest ship" to "put the country back on track". Brazil is a truly peculiar country and the press is one of the pillars of this tasteless comedy.
As Benjamin Disraeli would say: "when men are pure, laws are unnecessary; when they are corrupt, laws are useless."