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Judge Moro, considered the most authoritarian in Brazilian history, sees the cut in federal sponsorship to Agrishow as 'authoritarianism'.

"The government's threat to cancel Banco do Brasil's participation in Agrishow is called authoritarianism," wrote the senator.

Sergio Moro (Photo: José Cruz - ABR)

247 - Former judge and current senator Sergio Moro (União Brasil) stated that cutting federal sponsorship to Agrishow is "authoritarianism." "The government's threat to cancel Banco do Brasil's participation in Agrishow is called authoritarianism," the senator wrote on Twitter.

Moro was the most authoritarian judge in Brazilian history. Committing crimes while working on Operation Lava Jato, which violated the Brazilian Constitution and was a key element in the coup d'état in the country, Moro acted like a dictator, which is why he earned the nickname "Mussolini of Maringá," referring to the city where he was born in Paraná and to the dictator of fascist Italy in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

As revealed by the Vaza Jato leaks, Moro acted partially to convict Lula, working alongside prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol, coordinator of the task force. Moro was also criticized for his practice of using preventive detentions to keep suspects in prison indefinitely without trial, violating the right to liberty and the presumption of innocence.

Unnecessarily, Moro decided to stage a spectacle and forcibly bring Lula in to testify in an investigation in 2016. Moro was also criticized for his practice of authorizing the interception of communications without due legal justification, which violates citizens' privacy rights.

Furthermore, Moro illegally imprisoned Lula, preventing him from participating in the 2018 elections, which were won by Jair Bolsonaro, for whom the Lava Jato judge became Minister of Justice.