The PSD state directory in Rio de Janeiro and federal deputy Pedro Paulo (PSD-RJ) asked this Friday (27) to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) that the election for the buffer mandate of governor and lieutenant governor of the state is carried out directlywith the popular vote at the polls.
The party intends reverse decision of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) that determined the holding of indirect elections in condemning the . The indirect election is carried out through the votes of state deputies of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj).
According to the party’s lawyers, the STF’s jurisprudence determines that direct elections be held in cases of double vacancy in the positions of governor and vice-president by decision from the Electoral Court.
“The imperative, although not only legal, but democratic and institutional, represents the desires of civil society and an imperative to rescue institutional normality in the state of Rio de Janeiro”, defended the party.
Minister Cristiano Zanin was chosen to report the request for direct election. Earlier, Zanin expressed his support for determining a popular election.
The vote was given in the trial in which the virtual plenary of the Supreme Court confirmed that the elections will be indirect.
In addition to Zanin, ministers Alexandre de Moraes, Gilmar Mendes and Flávio Dino also voted in the same direction, but were defeated.
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On Monday (23) to contest the Senate elections. The period for non-compliance ends on April 4th, six months before the first round.
The following day, Castro was condemned to ineligibility by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
The election for a buffer mandate must be held because the Former vice-governor Thiago Pampolha also left office to take up a vacancy at the state’s Court of Auditors.
Next in line would be the president of Alerj, state deputy Rodrigo Bacellar. However, the parliamentarian was impeached in the same TSE decision that condemned Castro. Before the decision, Bacellar had been removed from the presidency by decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). He is being investigated in the case involving former deputy TH Joias.
Currently, the president of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Couto de Castro, temporarily holds the position of governor of the state.
*Brazil Agency
