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Wadih Damous: "I hope the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) doesn't grant Moro his license."

Former PT (Workers' Party) congressman Wadih Damous, along with other jurists and criminal lawyers, want the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) to deny Moro's request to register as a lawyer.

Wadih Damous and Sérgio Moro (Photo: GUSTAVO BEZERRA/PT | Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil)

247 - Former federal deputy for the PT party in Rio de Janeiro, Wadih Damous, appealed to the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) not to grant Sergio Moro a lawyer's license. In a tweet on Sunday afternoon, Damous stated that "To be a lawyer, one must honor the legal profession, its values ​​and principles. Respect the rule of law. Moro is averse to all of that. He doesn't even have the mannerisms of a lawyer. As a judge, he harassed defense lawyers as much as he could."

In addition to Damous, a group of jurists and criminal lawyers critical of the Lawfare practices of Operation Lava Jato is organizing a collective petition to the Brazilian Bar Association to challenge Moro's registration request.