The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) denied on Monday (25) that he had recent conversations with the former president (), but said he is sought “for a long time” by members of various sides of politics because he was an “interlocutor”.
In the messages between Jair Bolsonaro and his son, (PL-SP), attached by the Federal Police to the report that requested the indictment of the pair last week, for obstruction of the trial of the coup plot, the former president of the STF and asked Eduardo to spare Gilmar from attacks.
“In these times [conversei com Bolsonaro]but I had a lot of conversations with him in the past and received many interlocutors. As I receive from all sides. Everyone knows that I talk to all sides of politics for a long time. So there is no conversation with me with the president, “said Gilmar.
“Now, why did he determine or suggest not criticize me? Perhaps because I am an interlocutor,” said the minister, after attending a business event promoted by the Espfera Brasil group in a luxury hotel in the south of Sao Paulo.
Supreme Court Dean, Gilmar also commented on the public friction between the ministers and André Mendonça, which took place last Friday (22)-in another business forum, promoted by the Lide Group, in Rio, Mendonça said that the judiciary and later Moraes stated that “only in boundaries and not being held responsible”.
“I think, and this is the effort we have all made, from the president himself [Luís Roberto Barroso, do STF]that we cannot lose the notion of unity of the court, the institutionality of the court. The court is strong as an institution. I think we built, even surprisingly, but this is recognized today by international researchers, perhaps one of the most recognized and most powerful cuts in the world, “said Gilmar.
Shortly before Gilmar’s lecture, at Monday’s event, the PL president had made statements to journalists and said, among other topics, that he will try next year (Superior Electoral Court) to return eligibility to Bolsonaro. Valdemar made the statement considering that the minister, appointed by Bolsonaro, will preside over the court in 2026.
“I will not issue judgment about it, about the speech, but I consider that the TSE’s decision on ineligibility has already become final. It has, I think some pending in the Supreme Court, but there is no room for jokes on this theme,” said the minister, when asked about speech.
