The president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Luís Roberto Barroso, said that the Supreme Court will resist “any authoritarian impetus imported from anywhere in the world”.
The speech was given during Barroso’s participation in an event at the Sufferthis Wednesday (13), and was understood as a reference to Donald Trump’s return to the Presidency of the United States.
“My concern is with a new international order in which there is a risk to multilateralism, in which there is a risk of a new authoritarian wave coming and we need to resist, and the Federal Supreme Court is there to resist any authoritarian impetus that comes imported from anywhere in the world”, said Barroso.
Security and electoral system
Barroso also highlighted that Brazil is one of the most violent countries in the world and praised the management of Corte’s former colleague, Ricardo Lewandowski, in command of the Ministry of Justice during the Lula government.
The president of the STF said he was concerned about the increase in the power of criminal factions, but criticized the “war on drugs” which, in his view, does not contribute to solving the problem of violence.
Barroso also criticized the proportional voting system used to elect deputies.
“It’s a system in which voters vote for who they want, but elect who they don’t know. The vote goes to the parties, the party’s most voted candidates have the seat…Less than 5% of deputies are elected with their own vote”, he commented.
According to the minister, his reports from the STF and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) defend the implementation of the German model of the mixed district system for Brazil. Without giving details of the model, Barroso said that it is a system in which voters know “who they elected”.
Budget and climate change
Regarding the Budget, Barroso said that the model adopted by Brazil is similar to parliamentarism, “but without political responsibility”.
When talking about climate change, Barroso said that it is past time “to invest more energy in ecological transformation and ecological transition”.
In addition, Barroso also spoke about legal security, basic education, the return of civility, science and technology, raising public and private ethics and defended Brazil as the best place for investments.
