The ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court) have avoided publicly commenting on the announcement of the Secretary of State of the US, Marco Rubio, of the policy of cancellation of foreign authorities for acting against freedom of expression – an extent that it can affect.
He stated before the plenary session on Wednesday (28) that he cannot comment on the matter, because who speaks for the court is the president, and the dean ,.
“I cannot make statements. I am a blocked man to make statements. Who speaks is the president or the dean. What sanctions? There is nothing. Just go to New York. But that of Maranhão. Or Carolina,” said Dino.
In February this year, the minister defended Moraes in front of and made the proposal to visit Maranhão, a state he ruled from 2015 to 2022.
In a publication on social networks, Dino wrote that the ministers of the Supreme, when they take office, swear to defend the constitution and the principles of self -determination of peoples, non -intervention and equality between the states – inconvenience of article 4 of the Federal Constitution.
Dino also wrote that Moraes will remain by giving lectures in Brazil and abroad. “And. It will not miss other places of the same name,” said Dino, referring to the US homonymous states.
Also on Wednesday, President Luis Roberto Barroso said, “Nothing happened I need to comment.”
The other magistrates also did not talk about the case.
The State Department of Management, equivalent to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced on Wednesday the restriction of access to foreigners that the government evaluate as responsible for censoring US companies or citizens, as well as residents in the country.
Sanctions can be extended to family members.
The Trump administration’s announcement does not mention Minister Alexandre de Moraes, but Bolsonarists evaluate that he, as well as members of the Brazilian and the Brazilian judiciary, must be hit by the restriction of visas.
Moraes waged a clash with, owner of X (former) and member of Trump management, which culminated in the suspension of the platform in Brazil in 2024 until it indicated a legal representative in the country.
