Allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro, councilors Lucas Pavanato and Zoe Martínez and state deputy Lucas Bove, all from PL, argue that the minister should act in favor of the .
Columnist Malu Gaspar, from the newspaper O Globo, stated that the STF minister contacted Gabriel Galípolo at least four times to put pressure on Banco Master. . The BC followed the same line and says that “”.
“I think it’s one of the biggest scandals in history involving a Supreme Court minister. And if Brazil were in fact a State governed by the rule of law, Alexandre would lose his position and be arrested,” says Pavanato.
Moraes’ opponents have associated Moraes’ meetings with Galípolo with information that the magistrate’s wife’s office had .
“The Minister of the STF is not a bank lobbyist, period. This story about Moraes going to speak to the head of the Central Bank through a private bank is bizarre”, says Zoe Martínez. “The guy wants to rule the country’s courts, disrupts Congress and even puts pressure to save a bank accused of fraud. That’s not ‘defending democracy’, it’s becoming the owner of Brazil”, he concludes.
In a more moderate tone, Lucas Bove says that the minister has the right and obligation to defend himself. “There are signs that deserve to be clarified for the sake of the democratic rule of law, as they say,” says Bove.
“I don’t know if the minister is at fault, but it needs to be investigated, and he has the right to defend himself. Just like the president of the Central Bank, which is an autonomous institution, and who did not give in to apparent pressure in this case.”
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