The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) stated this Tuesday (16) that courts from other countries fail to comply with the principle of reciprocity with the Brazilian court. The statement was given days after the Italian Court (PL-SP).
During the trial that (PL-SP) for its actions in the United States, Dino stated that it is the STF’s tradition to “have a deeply deferential action in relation to the jurisdictions of other countries”, which, according to him, “sometimes the same does not happen”.
“This Supreme Court, with great speed and promptness, examines requests for preventive detention, extradition, and we never put ourselves in the position of judges of other judges from other countries, on the contrary we have a comprehensive attitude towards the multiplicity of legal systems that exist in the world, except in extreme cases, in which basic prerogatives are not met”, said Dino, without directly citing Zambelli.
On Friday (12), the highest court in Italy understood that the case in which the former PL deputy was sentenced to ten years in prison for the invasion of the CNJ (National Council of Justice) system was not judged impartially by the STF. The court stated that it saw the dual role of minister Alexandre de Moraes, as judge and victim, as problematic.
When voting to convict Eduardo for coercion in the process, Flávio Dino, president of the First Panel, said that the Federal Supreme Court does not have an ethnocentric and arrogant attitude towards the courts of other countries.
“This Brazilian tradition is established and, as far as it depends on me, and I believe that of the entire court, it will continue regardless of non-compliance with a basic principle of international relations, which is the principle of reciprocity.”
as to Sheetthe conviction of the son of the former president (PL) could generate a new challenge for the management of the president of the Supreme Court, given the opening of a new point of friction between Brazil and the United States. Fachin has complained that other countries embarrass the court in carrying out its role.
Eduardo Bolsonaro was unanimously sentenced to four years and two months in prison in an initially semi-open regime for the crime of coercion during the process because he worked to intimidate the Brazilian Judiciary and prevent the analysis of the coup plot.
The former parliamentarian still becomes a “dirty record” and will be prevented from running for up to eight years. He will also have to pay 50 fine days (worth two minimum wages each fine day) and will lose his position as clerk of the , from which he has been removed. The decision can still be appealed.
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