Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), just determined the arrest of former President Fernando Collor. 
The measure was taken after the minister denying a appeal from Collor’s defense to review CONDEMNATION TO 8 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS of imprisonment for passive corruption and money laundering in one of the processes of Operation Lava Jato.
In 2023, Collor was convicted by the Supreme Court in one of Lava Jato’s processes. According to the conviction, the former president and former senator, as former PTB leader, was responsible for political nominations for BR Distribuidora, a subsidiary company of Petrobras, and received R $ 20 million in improper advantages in the company’s contracts. According to the complaint, the crimes occurred between 2010 and 2014.
In the decision, Alexandre de Moraes considered that the funds filed by Collor’s defense are delayed to avoid the end of the process.
“The manifest inadmissibility of the embargoes, according to the jurisprudence of the Court, reveals the merely delaying character of the infringers, authorizing the certification of the res judicata and the immediate compliance with the conviction,” said the minister.
Moraes also asked the Supreme Court President, Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, the convening of a virtual session to endorse his decision. The virtual trial will be held this Friday (25).
Defense
In a press release, Collor’s defense said he received the decision with “surprise and concern.” According to the lawyers, the former president will present himself to start serving the sentence.
“The defense of former President of the Republic Fernando Collor de Mello receives with surprise and concern the decision given today, 24/04/2025, by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who rejected, monocratically, the appropriate appeal of infringers presented in the face of the judgment of the Supreme Court plenary, in the case of AP 1025, and determined the immediate arrest of the former president.” Defense.
