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Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP) raised the issue of moving forward with the impeachment requests for Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes received by the Senate. He highlighted the request made in April by jurist and professor at the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP) Modesto Carvalhosa.
Randolfe read a list of nine reasons presented by the jurist that support the impeachment request to demonstrate that Gilmar Mendes “systematically and repeatedly abuses his position and the functions he holds, committing crimes of responsibility on numerous occasions.” The information is from the Senate Agency.
“I believe that the responsibility for responding, especially to this complaint filed by Dr. Modesto Carvalhosa, lies with all of us members of the Senate of the Republic. I am not referring to the president or the Board, but to the entire Senate Plenary and to ensure that the matter is addressed as required by the Constitution, Law 1079 [of 1950] and the Senate Rules of Procedure,” said Randolfe.
Until the publication of this article, the minister had not spoken out on the matter.
In addition to the point of order, Senator Lasier Martins (PSD-RS), who had already spoken on the subject last week, once again criticized the position of rapporteur assumed by Gilmar Mendes in a matter in which, according to the parliamentarian, the minister should declare himself disqualified. This is the trial of the suspension of printed votes in the October elections, since the minister was already president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
Lasier also highlighted the “inconceivable series of prisoner releases” promoted by Gilmar Mendes and asked for more clarification on the handling of the complaints.
“This point of order is justified because there is an outcry regarding the decisions of Minister Gilmar Mendes. We know that there are a series of impeachment requests in the Senate, but we do not know what the content is or what orders have been received. And we want to know if the decision is up to the President of the Senate or the Senate Board, with the possibility of appeal.”
Senator João Capiberibe (PSB-AP) expressed support for the point of order due to the “questioning that is being done in Brazilian society about this behavior” of the Supreme Court ministers.
“This is a case that is being debated publicly and the responsibility for preventing this type of behavior lies with this House, the Senate of the Republic, and with politics taking the lead. And we were elected to do so,” he said.
“This is a case that is being debated publicly and the responsibility for preventing this type of behavior lies with this House, the Senate of the Republic, and with politics taking the lead. And we were elected to do so,” he said.
