There is no doubt about the need for the Supreme Court to hurt the court’s reputation. But it is also true that his companions on the podium of Powers contribute to the erosion of the court’s image.
The president left no room for delays in the reopening of the Judiciary’s work by reiterating his commitment to the minister, an unequivocal partner in this purpose.
Fachin was accurate in highlighting the role of Justice in guarding democracy and contemporary in noting that “now is a different time”. Time to move forward with institutional improvement, a task that falls to the Supreme Court and the other Powers.
If it occupied a central place, it was also due to the fact that it found empty space for it. Legislative and Executive have a significant share of responsibility. That’s why Fachin made the general call for “self-correction” in the distribution of republican duties.
Parliament trivializes its prerogatives when it proposes impeachment of Supreme Court ministers due to ideological impulse, making the act banal and likely to be ignored. It also vulgarizes the scenario by conducting the hearings of those appointed by the Chief Executive without rigor.
The President of the Republic eliminates the constitutional requirements for filling vacancies by establishing personal proximity, identity and trust as criteria. Treats the Supreme as another companion. In the statements made by their commanders upon returning from recess, Congress and the Palace were very far from the call for “improvement” made by Fachin. Luiz Inácio da Silva (PT) advertised himself, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil) reiterated his own authority and Hugo Motta (Republicans) stuck to defending the amendments.
A poverty. Something for those who did not understand that the proposal for the ethics manual does not concern the publication of a booklet. It is a suggestion for a paradigm shift in the quality of institutions.
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