Brazil's Attorney General's Office will appeal the decision against the appointment of Moreira Franco.
Brazil's Attorney General's Office (AGU), headed by Minister Grace Mendonça, announced that it will appeal the decision of Judge Eduardo Rocha Penteado of the 14th Federal Court in Brasília, which suspended on Wednesday the 8th the appointment of Minister Moreira Franco to the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic; the appeal may be filed as early as Wednesday.
Ivan Richard Esposito - Reporter for Agência Brasil
The Attorney General's Office (AGU) announced that it will appeal the decision of Judge Eduardo Rocha Penteado, of the 14th Federal Court in Brasília, which suspended today (8) the appointment of Minister Moreira Franco to the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic. The appeal may be filed as early as this Wednesday.
According to Judge Eduardo Rocha Penteado, Moreira Franco's situation is similar to the appointment of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the Civil House by then-President Dilma Rousseff last year.
At the time, Justice Gilmar Mendes of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) suspended Lula's appointment, arguing that the measure was taken to grant the former president privileged jurisdiction and prevent him from being tried in the Lava Jato cases at the first instance.
"It is clear from the records that Moreira Franco was mentioned, with compromising content, in the Odebrecht plea bargain within the scope of Operation Lava Jato. It is also clear from the records that his appointment as Minister of State occurred only three days after the approval of the plea bargains, which will imply a change of jurisdiction," the magistrate states in the preliminary decision.