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Brazil’s Supreme Court crisis deepens as Lula demands transparent investigation

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for a corruption investigation to proceed without shielding anyone as the Banco Master scandal deepened Brazil’s Supreme Court crisis.
  • Police are examining messages from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro to a number attributed to Justice Alexandre de Moraes, while Moraes has asked the court to investigate Justice André Mendonça.
  • The dispute comes a month before October elections in which Lula is seeking reelection against right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has been pulled into an unprecedented judge-against-judge confrontation, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demanding an investigation “without shielding anyone” as the Banco Master scandal widens.

without shielding anyone

· Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaLula demanded an unrestricted investigation into the corruption scandal.

The crisis intensified after a police report disclosed messages from jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro, the former owner of Banco Master, to a number attributed to Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The messages appeared to ask whether Vorcaro should leave the country before his arrest. In another message, he wrote, “Always together. You know that I owe you my gratitude for my entire life.”

The police report did not include replies from the other party. Justice André Mendonça ordered the lifting of secrecy around the case and sought clarification on whether the number belonged to Moraes. Moraes then asked the court to investigate Mendonça over alleged signs of impropriety, abuse of authority and favoring particular political groups in the decision that brought him under scrutiny.

the biggest robbery in Brazil’s history

· Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaLula described the Banco Master case in a video posted on social media.

Lula called the Banco Master case “the biggest robbery in Brazil’s history” and said, “It is essential that everyone be investigated, no matter who is hurt.” He urged the Supreme Court president and the public prosecutor’s office to lead a process that would protect the integrity and credibility of the investigations.

It is essential that everyone be investigated, no matter who is hurt.

· Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaThe president called for all people connected to the case to face scrutiny.

Vorcaro was arrested after Banco Master collapsed with more than $7 billion in debt to hundreds of investors. Supreme Court President Edson Fachin gave both justices five days to respond to a prosecutorial decision that declared Mendonça’s request invalid. The dispute has also reached Flávio Bolsonaro’s political camp, as the election approaches.

Always together. You know that I owe you my gratitude for my entire life.

· Daniel VorcaroThe jailed banker sent the message to a number attributed to Justice Alexandre de Moraes before his arrest.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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