So many days have passed and we still do not know who was intended for the average finger of the Supreme Court Minister (STF). It was the round of 16 of the Brazilian Cup, and the east of the state capital, opined Corinthians and Palmeiras, a rivalry that can be compared to that of Brazilian politics, now screened between Lulistas and Bolsonarists.
A few hours earlier, the magistrate had been punished with a sanction of the US government to retaliate the Brazilian judiciary. Moraes’s obscene gesture has not caused less perplexity for it. On the contrary, the episode added to other times when the minister proved to be stressed with the.
In recent years, Moraes has been in charge of most cases involving the former president, including the coup plot, whose trial begins in the first week of September. for non -compliance with precautionary measures. In parallel, experts claim that the minister’s behavior is linked to the judiciary’s personalization, when authorities appear more than institutions, in a moment of exposure from the political debate.
At first, the professor at the USP Institute of Psychology says that Moraes attitudes can be understood as a reaction to the pressure it has suffered. The Magnitsky Law provides for economic sanctions to accused of corruption and human rights violation. In the case of the minister, it was a device found by the White House to punish a supposed persecution of Bolsonaro. It even announced it.
As part of the sanctions. “Moraes should really be affected by everything that is happening, because all this must be very exhaustive and anyone would feel nervous,” says Dunker. “If he were more self -controlled, then it would be a problem. I don’t see any pathological turn. Moraes is a common subject, made of meat and bone, not steel.”
Apparently, the minister tries to relieve pressure on activities outside the courts. , he said practicing Muay Thai, which, according to Dunker, is a way to release aggressiveness, recommended by health professionals for those who are stress.
In general, these patients cannot flow into everyday emotions. The magistrate’s unreasonable attitudes are not limited to his middle finger. Although not new to the Supreme Court, Moraes does not spare readers of exclamation points or capital letters.
As for stylistic, the documents issued by the minister may leave an impatience of impatience. Ao, he returned to employ the staff: “Justice is blind, but not foolish.” On another front, he accumulated episodes in which his uncompromising stance raised disapproval in the legal and political media.
In the process of the coup plot,
Moraes asked a security guard to find out if lawyer Marcus Vinícius de Camargo Figueiredo, from the reserve general Mário Fernandes, was recording the session, which is forbidden. The disagreement began because the minister rejected a matter of order of the defender, who said respecting the judiciary. The magistrate countered asking for respect as well.
Three months ago, former governments minister Dilma and Lula for contempt. Rebelo gave testimony to the Supreme Court as a witness to the coup plot, when he pondered the need to analyze the speeches of those involved beyond the literal meaning, considering the force of expression.
Moraes also scolded the lawyer Eumar Novacki of former Bolsonaro minister Anderson Torres, saying he would not allow him to turn the court into a circus. In the hearing, Novacki asked the same question four times as a rhetorical strategy.
Political scientist Henrique Curi, from FESPSP (São Paulo School of Sociology and Politics Foundation), repudiates the behavior of the STF minister. In his view, pressure exists because there is personalism in the judiciary, when some figures concentrate political and symbolic capital, maintaining some independence from the institutions. “Moraes moves between a constitutional guardian and a high voltage political actor,” says Curi.
Customization happens, among other factors, the media exposure and the lack of internal coordination in the Supreme Court. No wonder Moraes was surprised to decide on the former president’s house arrest. In these situations, the image of the magistrate is usually ahead of the institution itself. The minister even earned the nickname of Xandão.
Even pressured, Moraes determined last Wednesday. In his understanding, the religious leader acted coordinated with Bolsonaro and his son, to disrupt the progress of the criminal action on the coup plot.
Professor of Constitutional Law at PUC-SP, Gabriela Zancaner says that the behavior of Moraes cannot be dissociated from another problem in court :. She states that if today the ministers are direct targets, this is due to the way the Supreme Court had to intervene, in recent times, in political matters, given the inaction of Congress before controversy.
“The Supreme Court is in a peculiar situation. Moraes’s form of writing is a matter of style, but this is debated shows how mere civil servants are no longer seen as heroes or villains,” says Zancaner.
To avoid personalization and politicization of the judiciary, the expert states that the STF should adopt more decisions in the collegiate, leaving the monocratic option in the background.
“It is quite reprehensible for a minister to make an obscene gesture, but it is understandable. Moraes is absorbing all pressure from the country’s political context.” Perhaps that is why Moraes’s average finger overshadowed until the quarterfinals of the Brazilian Cup.
