The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) said this Friday (17) that she recognizes that the Judiciary in Brazil is going through a reliability crisis and that this crisis is “serious and serious”.
The minister, however, stated that disbelief in justice systems is international.
“We have the problem of reliability in Brazil, especially in the Supreme Court, I’m aware of it. But we need to know why and how. There are mistakes and errors that need to be improved and there is an international movement so that we don’t have the Judiciary, because then you have a fragility in the law”, he stated in a lecture to Civil Law students at FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas), on .
“The reliability crisis of the Judiciary is serious, serious, it needs to be recognized and not just by us, judges”, he said.
Cármen Lúcia, 71, mentioned that she should return to law after retiring from the STF — the limit for remaining in the position is until the age of 75. The minister stated that she had “more joy as a lawyer than as a judge”, but that she understands the role as necessary.
The speech about the reliability of the Supreme Court and the crisis in the Judiciary occurs during a period of discussion between members of the court, which involves the relationship between ministers and businesspeople. The topic gained strength with the Master case and the connections of banker Daniel Vorcaro.
A Datafolha survey indicates that 75% of Brazilians say that court ministers have too much power and 71% consider that the court is essential in protecting democracy.
The survey also shows that 75% say that people believe less in the STF now than in the past. As these questions were asked for the first time, there is no previous comparative data.
Another recent crisis, this one triggered by the report of the CPI (Parliamentary Inquiry Commission) on Organized Crime, prompted a debate among STF ministers about breaches of confidentiality and custody of evidence in parliamentary investigations.
The CPI report proposed by senator Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE) of the ministers, and. The order was placed on Tuesday (14).
The guidelines would include delimiting a time interval for breaches of confidentiality (such as prohibiting access to data from five or ten years ago), entrusting access to this information only to the leadership of the CPIs (president and rapporteur) and prohibiting people outside the commission’s purpose from being called to testify.
Cármen Lúcia’s speech about trust in the Judiciary and the STF, Minister Edson Fachin, in a speech in São Paulo this Friday.
Fachin said that the role of the Judiciary is experiencing “a crisis that needs to be faced, and faced with eyes to see and ears to hear, otherwise we risk repeating old solutions for new problems that simply mean relegating problems without solving them.”
Cármen Lúcia did not speak to the press and did not comment on the press in Rio de Janeiro. The minister is president of the (Superior Electoral Court).
The indirect elections in the state were interrupted last week with a score of 4 votes in favor of the indirect election and 1 in favor of the direct election — five ministers remaining. Minister Flávio Dino, claiming that it was necessary to publish and read the judgment in the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) that impeached former governor Cláudio Castro (PL) in March.
The publication of the ruling was scheduled for the beginning of the week, but has not yet occurred.
