Without directly citing the case of , the president of the (Supreme Federal Court), defended this Monday (2) that the “Brazilian legal system is functional, including in combating illicit activities in the financial system”.
“I understand that it is also time to remember limits. Any irregular practices find an adequate response in the proper supervision, inspection and sanction mechanisms”, said the minister during his opening speech for the 2026 judicial year.
“The creation of solutions outside institutions compromises legal security, regulatory predictability and the separation of Powers, with the potential for erosion of public trust and the functioning of the market itself”, he stated.
The court faces an image crisis involving the conduct of the investigation in the court that investigates the billion-dollar frauds of Master, the banker.
Some of the minister’s decisions, such as imposing the highest degree of secrecy and storing evidence in his office, are contested, including by bodies such as the Public Ministry and the PF (Federal Police).
In his speech during the ceremony, held at the court’s headquarters in Brasília, Fachin also stated that he defended self-correction and announced minister Cármen Lúcia as rapporteur of the STF’s code of ethics.
The president of the Supreme Court has already said that “there is a tendency” that the . Last Thursday (29), when defending himself from criticism, Dias Toffoli asked whether or not the case would go to the first instance at the end of the investigations.
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