The president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Edson Fachin, opened on Thursday a procedure to clarify points raised by the Attorney General's Office (PGR) in the opinion that requested the termination of PET 16.662, which deals with the investigation involving Minister Alexandre de Moraes. Fachin gave a five-day deadline for Moraes, Minister André Mendonça, the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, and the director-general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, to provide written information. The dispatch does not conclude the existence of irregularities.
The measure aims to clarify the facts before a possible analysis of the controversy by the STF plenary. In the decision, Fachin states that it is the court's Presidency responsibility to ensure that a possible collegial appreciation occurs "in due time and manner," with respect to the guarantees of due process, full defense, and adversarial process. The president also notes that any formal defects pointed out by the PGR will be analyzed subsequently.
