Federal Supreme Court minister Flávio Dino argued this Tuesday (10) that the Court “gets more right than it gets wrong”. The statement was made during the trial, by the First Panel, of PL deputies accused of diverting parliamentary amendments. For the minister, there is a “lack of moderation, prudence and care” in assessments of the STF.
To exemplify the Court’s successes, Dino cited a decision by retired minister Rosa Weber on transparency and traceability in the application of parliamentary amendments.
The speech comes amid pressure on the STF in the Banco Master case – among them, the discovery by the Federal Police of an exchange of messages between Daniel Vorcaro, owner of the bank, and minister Alexandre de Moraes, and the removal of minister Dias Toffoli from reporting on the case due to his family’s involvement with Fabiano Zettel, Vorcaro’s brother-in-law.
“Undoubtedly, this reference to Minister Rosa Weber and this success by the Supreme Court is especially important when there is a lack of moderation, prudence and care in recognizing that this Supreme Court, which makes mistakes (and makes mistakes as a human institution), also gets it right. It gets a lot right. And it gets more right than it gets wrong. So, the oral arguments recalled this gigantic success by the Federal Supreme Court at a time when there is a kind of loss of balance in the assessment of the role of each institution, especially in relation to the Supreme Court”, argued Dino.
Judgment
This Tuesday, the First Panel of the STF began the trial of criminal proceedings against deputies Josimar, Pastor Gil and Bosco Costa, accused of leading a criminal organization to divert resources from parliamentary amendments.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the group worked with division of tasks to obtain financial advantage through crimes against public administration, with evidence based on dialogues and documents seized in the investigations.
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The parliamentarians are also responsible for charging a bribe of R$1.667 million from the mayor of São José do Ribamar (MA) in exchange for the allocation of R$6.671 million in amendments. The PGR asks for conviction, loss of positions and compensation for collective moral damages. The accused deny the crimes.
