Former governor of Minas Gerais was denounced for slander against Gilmar Mendes by the Attorney General’s Office
The former governor of Minas Gerais and pre-candidate for President (New) published, this Friday (May 15, 2026), a in your X account in which you state that “it will not retreat 1 millimeter”. The statement is a response to the for slander against the dean minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), Gilmar Mendes, made by the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet.
The action against Zema cites a web series published by him called “The Untouchables”. In the videos, made with artificial intelligence, the former governor satirizes politicians and members of the judiciary, represented by puppets.
Here is Zema’s publication:
In videos about Gilmarthe character assigned to the minister would act to help colleagues through relations with Banco Master.
The complaint from the Attorney General’s Office was forwarded to the Superior Court of Justice, considering that Zema, at the time of publication, had the prerogative of jurisdiction due to his role in the Court. According to Paulo Gonet, the videos attribute crimes to the dean of the STF and exceed the scope of freedom of expression and political criticism.
“The accused did not limit himself to formulating institutional criticism, political parody or disagreement with a judicial decision. By falsely attributing to Minister Gilmar Mendes the practice of passive corruption, he caused the type of slander, provided for in article 138 of the Penal Code, which punishes false attribution of a fact defined as a crime”says the complaint.
