The president of , Edinho Silva, defended, this Thursday (9), reforms in the Judiciary at dinner with , president of . The event was organized by the business group Esfera Brasil and took place in Jardim Europa, west of .
“Fulanizing is very easy. People are fallible. The important thing is to have strong institutions,” said the PT president.
According to him, “we should be debating reform of the Judiciary so that failures stop occurring.”
The PT leader considered, however, that changes should strengthen Justice: “There is no point in weakening the Judiciary if there is no democracy without the Judiciary.”
Kassab, in turn, defended the minimum age for ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court). According to him, it would be good if members could join the court after they turn 60, which would guarantee a 15-year term given the maximum age of 75.
Edinho Silva is the third national PT leader to make critical comments to the Judiciary in the last week, amid the case crisis. Members of the government (PT) have assessed that the wear and tear of Supreme Court ministers due to the financial scandal could affect the PT candidacy electorally.
In an interview with ICL Notícias, on Wednesday (8), the recent deterioration of the STF. He stated that he suggested to the minister that he declare himself impeded in cases involving the bank so as not to “throw away his biography”.
Last weekend, the former minister and pre-candidate for Congress also defended changes in the Judiciary. In an interview with Sheethe stated that because “the king is naked”.
In addition to Justice, party leaders commented at this Thursday’s event on reform projects for other areas and criticized the Legislature. Both converged on some points, such as the defense of list voting for discussions in Congress.
Edinho defended changes and said that “Brazil’s current electoral political model is bankrupt, it no longer responds to the needs of Brazilian society”.
The PSD’s electoral support in the race for governor of São Paulo was discussed in an interview at the end of the event. Kassab reaffirmed his support for the re-election of (Republicans) and said that the governor is part of “our camp in São Paulo politics”.
The PSD’s embarrassed support for Tarcísio is due to tensions between the governor and Kassab, who left the Secretariat of Government and Institutional Relations at the end of March. In the same week, the deputy of the state Executive, Felício Ramuth, left the PSD for the .
The tension between Kassab and Tarcísio also occurred due to the interest that the PSD president had in running for governor in 2030. On the other hand, the president of the PT, Kiko Celeguim from São Paulo, even publicly defended the name of the party leader as Lula’s vice president.
This Thursday, Edinho was asked about the definition of vacancies for the Senate on the ticket headed by pre-candidate for governor Fernando Haddad (PT) in São Paulo. () and (Rede) are competing for the nomination, in addition to (PSB), whom Lula asked to leave the Ministry of Planning to run.
Edinho said that Haddad will “open dialogue” with all parties that want to form an alliance. This year, each state will elect two senators.
