Fachin Suspends Conflicting Orders and Sends Master Report to STF Plenary

Overview

• A Police Federal report unsealed by Justice André Mendonça revealed messages attributed to ex-banker Daniel Vorcaro and a phone number linked to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, a disclosure that triggered the institutional dispute.
• Mendonça ordered the preventive removal of Federal Police director Andrei Rodrigues, Minister Flávio Dino issued a conflicting reinstatement, and President of the STF Edson Fachin suspended both orders while keeping Rodrigues in place pending required information.
• Fachin removed Moraes from the relatoria of the long-running fake-news inquiry, avocated related files to the Presidency of the Court, and scheduled a plenary session for Tuesday, Sept. 15, to rule on whether to permit an investigation into Moraes.
• Political leaders including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and presidential hopefuls pressed to lift secrecy on the Banco Master and INSS probes, and candidate Romeu Zema called supporters to a demonstration in Brasília for Sept. 15.
• Business groups, jurists and civil-society organizations praised Fachin’s move to stabilize the Court while warning the episode exposes faults such as unchecked monocratic decisions and the lack of a judicial code of ethics that demand reform.