Supreme Court President Edson Fachin has given Brazil’s Prosecutor General’s Office (PGR) five days to assess outstanding requests in the Master bank and INSS investigations, postponing decisions on detention challenges, case management and legal confidentiality.

The account from Brazil Left emphasizes the practical impact of the delay on those seeking relief. Lawyers for Henrique and Felipe Vorcaro asked that the transfer of the case to the court presidency be suspended or ended so that release requests could be heard. Fabiano Zettel sought a review of his pretrial detention, while Daniel Lopes Monteiro requested that his detention be revoked. The Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) asked for protection of lawyer-client communications that may appear in seized material. The report says the investigations have been stalled since Fachin took them over on September 12.¹

The Brazil Right account similarly lists the unresolved requests but casts Fachin’s move as a procedural screening rather than a continued freeze. It says the PGR must examine the “relevance, necessity, appropriateness and possible repercussions” of the requested measures for ongoing investigations before Fachin rules.²

Both accounts note that André Mendonça, the former rapporteur, also submitted a statement concerning a report used by Alexandre de Moraes in allegations involving Mendonça. They differ mainly in emphasis: one foregrounds the consequences for defendants and the cases’ paralysis; the other stresses that the order neither grants nor rejects any request.

For now, the shared conclusion is narrow. Once the PGR delivers its opinion, the files are due to return to Fachin, who will decide the pending applications and the investigations’ next steps.