Moraes Orders Cancellation of Silvinei Vasques’s PRF Retirement

Overview

• On Friday, Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes directed the immediate cassação of Silvinei Vasques’s retirement as a Polícia Rodoviária Federal officer.
• Moraes said the First Chamber’s judgment is final and that the legal effect of losing public office projects onto a retiree’s status, which produces the pension cancellation.
• The action follows an AGU request for clarification about how the loss‑of‑office sanction applies to inactive servants and reiterates the court’s published acórdão and its finality.
• Vasques was convicted in the attempted‑coup case and sentenced to 24 years and six months in prison; he is in custody after a 2025 escape to Paraguay and later re‑arrest while trying to travel with a false passport.
• The order sets a clear judicial precedent that criminal loss of office can strip pension rights and raises fiscal and political questions about accountability for officials who used PRF operations during the 2022 election dispute.