Is it ethical to impeach a senator based on illegally obtained evidence?
In his defense speech, Demóstenes Torres' lawyer, Kakay, questions the process that seeks to remove his client from office: "Is it ethical to remove a senator of the republic elected with more than two million votes?"
247 – During his defense speech for Senator Demóstenes Torres (independent-GO), lawyer Antônio Carlos de Almeida Castro, known as Kakay, questioned the process seeking the removal of his client: "Is it ethical to remove a senator of the republic elected with more than two million votes?". In his speech, Kakay condemned the "pre-judgment" of the parliamentarians and said that "the vote is a matter of conscience for your excellencies". The Senate votes today, secretly, on the removal of the senator from Goiás due to his relations with the racketeer Carlos Cachoeira.
Kakay called the impeachment process against Senator Demóstenes Torres "media-driven." He appealed for no "pre-judgment" and centered his statement on the argument that the wiretaps that recorded calls between the senator and the racketeer Demóstenes Torres were carried out by the Federal Police in an "illegal" manner. "I will win in the Supreme Court," he declared, making it clear that he will maintain the process to overturn Operation Monte Carlo. "It became clear that the senator was not part of the criminal organization," Kakay argued. "This is where it's possible to look not only at what is said in the interpretations of the Federal Police, but also at the two million voters who brought Senator Demóstenes Torres to this point," he maintained. "It's obvious that the decision will be entirely political."