Brazilian Bar Association asks Dirceu to return his lawyer's license.
The Special Body of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) has ruled that former minister José Dirceu must return his lawyer's license; according to the decision, Dirceu, having been convicted of an "infamous crime," lacks the moral integrity to practice law; in the decision published by the OAB in the Official Gazette, Dirceu was ordered to present his OAB card within 24 hours.
247 - The Special Body of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) has ruled that former minister José Dirceu must return his lawyer's license. According to the decision, Dirceu, having been convicted of an "infamous crime," lacks the moral integrity to practice law.
In the decision published by the OAB in the Official Gazette, Dirceu was ordered to present his OAB membership card within 24 hours. "The aforementioned lawyer is hereby ordered to present his Professional Identity Card to this Secretariat within 24 hours, in accordance with article 74 of the Statute of the Legal Profession and the OAB, combined with article 63, paragraphs "h" and "i", of the Internal Regulations of the OAB SP," determined Caio Augusto Silva dos Santos, Secretary-General of the OAB-SP.
Dirceu was sentenced to seven years and eleven months in prison for corruption in Criminal Action 470, known as the "mensalão" scandal. In the Lava Jato operation, Dirceu had already been sentenced by Judge Sergio Moro to 20 years and ten months. On appeal, the judges decided to increase the former minister's sentence to 30 years and nine months.