When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation's most powerful office -- but on the eve of Brazil's general election Sunday, the leftist leader he jailed, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, wasn't just walking free, but was expected to waltz back into the presidential palace.
Former Federal Judge and former Justice Minister Sergio Moro attends a ceremony to join the Podemos party and present his intention to run in the 2022 presidential election in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation's most powerful office.
And Curitiba lost the limelight. Before the so-called Car Wash investigation that landed da Silva and other powerful figures behind bars, the relatively young city largely populated by transplants offered little in the way of identity, according to Nelson Rosario de Souza, a sociologist at the Federal University of Parana. Car Wash put Curitiba on the map. The multiyear probe, and Moro, struck fear into wayward politicians and executives previously thought to be untouchable.
After Moro sentenced da Silva to almost 10 years' imprisonment, Rocha visited him every weekday on the fourth floor of Curitiba's Federal Police headquarters. For 580 days, he was confined to a 160-square-foot room. Outside, hundreds of supporters held a permanent vigil demanding his release. "He thought he was going to be revered, as if he were again a judge in court, but other politicians understood he was just a beginner," Cervi said.
"Corruption will always be an issue in elections, maybe in some moments it won't be the main issue," he told The Associated Press. "The entrenched corruption inside Brazilian democracy, inside the public sector, is something that ends up breaking our democracy."Local polls showed some late gains for Moro, said Arilton Freres, director of Curitiba-based Instituto Opinião.
Da Silva, who has cited his jail time to draw comparisons to Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr., told the crowd there had been a bonus: his romance with Parana native Rosangela Silva, nicknamed Janja. He has attributed his first wife's death in 2017 to pressure from Car Wash.
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