Minister Flávio Dino, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), asked for a view of the process that will decide whether the elections for the buffer mandate of governor of Rio de Janeiro will be direct or indirect.
The trial of the case was resumed in this afternoon’s session, but Dino said he will vote after the publication of the judgment of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) that condemned former governor Cláudio Castro to ineligibility.
With the suspension of the trial, the president of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ), Ricardo Couto de Castro, will continue to serve as governor of the state on an interim basis.
The trial began this Wednesday (8) and was tied at 1-1.
Minister Cristiano Zanin, rapporteur of the case, voted in favor of direct elections, that is, with the voter voting in the electronic ballot box.
In the minister’s opinion, the resignation of former governor Cláudio Castro to run for a seat in the Senate, which occurred the day before the trial that condemned him at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), was an “attempted fraud” to avoid the calling of popular elections.
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Then, Luiz Fux voted for indirect voting; through the deliberation of the deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj).
The Supreme Court judges an action in which the PSD state directory defends direct elections for the state’s interim command.
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