President Temer has appointed Alexandre de Moraes, one of
his followers, to the Supreme Court to curb the investigation into the bribery
scandal that is spreading across the Brazilian political scene.
Neither "significant legal knowledge" nor
"irreproachable reputation".
Alexander de Moraes, for his detractors,
did not meet the main criteria required by the Constitution of Brazil to sit on
the Supreme Court of the country, where the Senate still had to endorse his
appointment on Tuesday. And the list of their accusations against the candidate
of President Michel Temer, of which he is the outgoing Minister of Justice and
Public Security, is long: plagiarism, corruption, violation of human rights of
the time when this lawyer, author Of works of law, occupied high positions in
São Paulo.
Michel Temer can hope to impose his candidate thanks to a
strong parliamentary majority, united around one objective: to hinder the
so-called Lava Jato ("express washing") inquiry, about the
embezzlement of funds within the petroleum group Petrobras. The construction
sector is accused of overbilling its contracts with Petrobras to fill the
coffers of the main parties. Initially centered on the Workers' Party (PT), the
case led to the dismissal of President Dilma Rousseff at the end of August,
ending 13 years of PT power. Lava Jato has caught up with the Party of the
Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB) of Michel Temer, as well as his main ally,
the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), Moraes Formation itself, Leave to
assume his new duties.
Plane crash
The panic took hold of Brasília, while the leader of the construction industry, the group Ode Brecht, decided to collaborate with the justice. More than a hundred politicians from all walks of life, including Temer himself, are involved, and the Supreme Court is the competent court to try them. The death, in a plane crash on 19 January, of Teori Zavascki, the judge rapporteur of Lava Jato in the Court, opened a breach. Moraes will certainly not be a reporter but a "reviewer" of the investigation, which gives him a right of scrutiny on the file.
The panic took hold of Brasília, while the leader of the construction industry, the group Ode Brecht, decided to collaborate with the justice. More than a hundred politicians from all walks of life, including Temer himself, are involved, and the Supreme Court is the competent court to try them. The death, in a plane crash on 19 January, of Teori Zavascki, the judge rapporteur of Lava Jato in the Court, opened a breach. Moraes will certainly not be a reporter but a "reviewer" of the investigation, which gives him a right of scrutiny on the file.
This attempt to hamper the biggest "clean
hands" operation ever conducted in Brazil was already the cause of the reversal
of alliances that overthrew Dilma Rousseff, accused of having been unable to
stop the investigation. Temer on his side seems to have his hands free. Gone
are the giant demonstrations against the corruption of the PT, which resulted
in the dismissal of the president. The right which mobilized the population did
not seem to be hampered by the corruption of its own camp.
Prosecution-free
The Supreme Court itself plays a troubled game. A few days ago, one of its members allowed Michel Temer what had not been authorized to Dilma Rousseff: he endorsed the appointment to the government of the right arm of the Head of State, Moreira Franco, cited 34 times by a cadre of Ode Brecht confessed. The aim was to save him from the implacable Judge Sérgio Moro, who was responsible for the investigation into common law justice. The Supreme Court that judges ministers is slower and less severe. However, the granting of a portfolio to former President Lula in March 2016, also wet in the scandal, had been suspended on the grounds that it was intended to protect him from Moro.
The Supreme Court itself plays a troubled game. A few days ago, one of its members allowed Michel Temer what had not been authorized to Dilma Rousseff: he endorsed the appointment to the government of the right arm of the Head of State, Moreira Franco, cited 34 times by a cadre of Ode Brecht confessed. The aim was to save him from the implacable Judge Sérgio Moro, who was responsible for the investigation into common law justice. The Supreme Court that judges ministers is slower and less severe. However, the granting of a portfolio to former President Lula in March 2016, also wet in the scandal, had been suspended on the grounds that it was intended to protect him from Moro.
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