Zema also criticized the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP), for not guiding the impeachment processes of court ministers
Romeu Zema (Novo), former governor of Minas Gerais and pre-candidate for the Presidency, demanded, on Thursday (23), the impeachment of Minister Gilmar Mendes, of the STF. The two have been involved in a public clash since Zema published a satirical video depicting the magistrate asking minister Dias Toffoli to exchange favors amid the Banco Master scandal.
“I asked for the impeachment of Gilmar Mendes because I think the initiative is appropriate and I hope that the Senate will have the courage to consider it”, he said on the program “É Notícia”, on RedeTV!.
During the interview, Zema also criticized the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP), for not guiding the impeachment processes of Court ministers. “When we have a courageous Senate president, and not a cowed Senate president, this situation will correct itself,” he stated.
“I can no longer publish a little doll satirizing the Supreme Court, which has become a source of bargaining. Now I’m the criminal? That, in my opinion, is an attack on democracy”, he declared.
Fake news inquiry
Gilmar Mendes sent a representation to Minister Alexandre de Moraes asking for the investigation of the former governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (Novo), for sharing a video on his social networks satirizing the Court’s ministers.
In the representation, Gilmar pointed out suspected signs of crime in a publication made by Zema, who left the government of Minas Gerais in March to be a pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic.
Moraes asked for a statement from the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) before deciding on Zema’s inclusion in the investigation.
The video published by Zema portrayed a conversation between two dolls, characterized by puppet designs, which would represent Dias Toffoli and Gilmar Mendes. In the video, Toffoli calls Gilmar and asks him to annul the breaches of confidentiality by his company, approved by the Senate’s Organized Crime CPI.
*with information from Estadão Conteúdo
