The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) will ask the (Attorney General’s Office) to investigate the senator for the crime of abuse of authority, due to the distortion of the scope of the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) on Organized Crime.
In the final report of the CPI, Vieira de Gilmar and the ministers and for a crime of responsibility, due to alleged links with the case of , which the magistrates deny. The document does not mention leaders of criminal factions or militias.
On Tuesday night (14), the CPI by 6 votes to 4. As shown in the Sheetinvolved the STF, the government (PT) and the president of , (-AP).
STF ministers believe that by choosing to attack the court in their report, they are going beyond the commission’s initial objective. The reading is that he wanted to attract the Bolsonarist electorate and try to guarantee his re-election in the October election.
Gilmar stated on X (formerly Twitter) that excesses could constitute an abuse of authority and “must be rigorously investigated by the PGR”. Hours later, he repeated his understanding during a demonstration at the session of the Second Panel, the collegiate body he presides over.
“This deviation from purpose raises concern. And this deviation from purpose is not something innocent. It is a crime. It is in the law of abuse of authority”, in his speech.
He decided to file a formal representation with the PGR.
As the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, was also mentioned in the report (Vieira understood that there was an omission by the PGR in the Master case), there is the possibility that Gilmar’s request will be assigned to a substitute attorney, even though the document has been rejected and lost its legal validity.
In the session of the Second Panel, Toffoli said that, in addition to characterizing the crime of abuse of authority, Vieira’s actions could . For him, the senator abused his power to obtain a vote. “And that vote is undemocratic. It’s a corrupt vote.”
The president of the STF, , released a public note during the night offering solidarity to his colleagues. In the text, he states that the misuse of purpose in the CPIs is a measure that “weakens the democratic pillars and threatens the fundamental rights of any citizen.”
After the commission closed, Vieira stated that the indictment of authorities was “the only concrete point of divergence” between parliamentarians. “In a democracy, you respect the results of the votes even when they are not favorable to you,” he wrote on social media.
The senator also mentioned the coordination that led to the replacement of two members of the commission so that the report would have a better chance of being rejected. “These movements are part of regimental strategies, but highlighting their impact is necessary.”
