Opposition deputies stated this Wednesday (15) that the ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court) and threatened by criticizing the report of the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) on Organized Crime that.
The parliamentarians also demanded that the president of , (-AP), make a public defense of the senator (-SE), who, in addition to Gilmar and Toffoli, also included in his report.
“A senator from the Republic was threatened with being ineligible for having made his report. Where is the separation of the three Powers? He made the report according to what he received from the information. O. ‘Don’t ask me to dance, I know how to dance’. Is that a stance for a Supreme Court minister?”, declared the leader of the opposition in the Chamber, Cabo Gilberto da Silva (PL-PB), at a press conference.
“This is an issue outside of parties, it is a matter of democracy, of the National Congress. These threats that Congress received from STF ministers are unacceptable. In a democracy, ministers of the Supreme Court cannot carry out this type of procedure. They have to respect the independence of the Powers and the prerogatives of parliamentarians”, he added.
The opposition held a press conference to react to the protests and will then take a walk to the Supreme Court. Parliamentarians should use the gap in the meeting between Senator Carlos Viana (Podemos-MG), who presided over the CPMI of the (Social Security Institute), with and to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the court.
The report from the CPI on Organized Crime on Tuesday (14), following coordination between the Supreme Court and the government (). The text caused , who stated that there was electoral bias, going beyond the original scope of the parliamentary investigation, in a sign of abuse of authority.
Dean of the court, Gilmar was responsible for the most scathing criticism. The minister said that the use of “media exposure and stonewalling techniques” against the Judiciary are not unprecedented strategies.
“In my Mato Grosso, people say: ‘Don’t invite me to dance, because I can accept’. I love being challenged. I have fun with it. But others are afraid. Hauntings, as we say in the countryside, appear to those who believe. We need to be aware, including those who are afraid of hauntings, that they don’t exist. They are ghosts, which are not frightening, they are puppets”, he said.
Dias Toffoli stated that the text presented by Vieira. According to the minister, the document is “completely unfounded” and has the “sole and clear” objective of obtaining votes.
