The document calls for the indictment for crimes under the responsibility of STF ministers Dias Toffoli, Alexandre de Moraes and Gilmar Mendes, in addition to Attorney General Paulo Gonet
Minister Gilmar Mendes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), criticized, this Tuesday (14), the request for indictment of Court ministers, including him, Senator Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE). In a publication in X, the magistrate classified the initiative as a “smokescreen”.
The minister argued that the indictment is a private act of a police chief and does not apply to crimes of responsibility, the rite of which falls to the Senate Board, the Special Committee and the Plenary of the House — without any provision for CPIs to act. He further wrote that the report is an attempt to criminalize judicial decisions.
Gilmar also said that the CPI, installed after the police operation that (RJ), did not even promote the breaking of confidentiality of militia members or leaders of criminal factions. “It is disturbing to say the least that the rapporteur, as a member of a police career, turned a blind eye to his colleagues who crossed over to the dark side of the militias,” wrote the minister.
For the judge, the final report represents a “real smokescreen” by diverting the focus from the fight against organized crime to an attack on the STF, with electoral objectives. He defended that the CPIs are legitimate instruments for controlling power, but their “pamphleteer or institutional constraint” use compromises their credibility and could constitute abuse of authority.
The request from the CPI Organized Crime rapporteur, aimed at indicting STF Ministers without a legal basis, leads us to reflect on the role and powers of the CPIs. All the worse when the request flirts with arbitrariness, such as the criminalization of decisions that grant habeas…
— Gilmar Mendes (@gilmarmendes)
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O senator Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE) presents this Tuesday (14) the final report of the Organized Crime CPI. The document calls for indictment for crimes under the responsibility of ministers of the STF Toffoli Days, Alexandre de Moraes e Gilmar Mendesin addition to the attorney general Paulo Gonet.
With more than 200 pages, the report also points to the advance of factions, the expansion of organized crime and suggests measures to reinforce public security. The text will be voted on this afternoon.
A CPI is closed after not being extended by the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre. On the last day of activities, the testimony of the former governor of Rio, Claudio Castro, who informed on Monday (13) that he would not attend due to health problems.
In the case of Toffoli, the report cites decisions under suspicion due to possible indirect links with those being investigated and indicates a conflict of interests. Moraes, on the other hand, is singled out for acting in processes in which there could be impediment, due to financial relationships involving his wife’s office with company investigated.
Regarding Gilmar Mendes, the text mentions conduct incompatible with decorumby canceling measures and determining the destruction of data considered relevant, which would have hampered investigations. Regarding Paulo Gonet, the CPI points to an omission in the face of evidence against authorities, indicating a failure to fulfill their duties.
*text made with the help of AI
