Chief Executive said he intends to talk to Rosa Weber about a proposal to increase the number of ministers in the STF
The president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), 21 days before the 2nd round of elections against the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), decided to lower the tone with the Judiciary and said this Sunday (9.Oct.2022) to want an end to the problems and conflicts with the STF.
“Enough of problems and conflicts, of showing that one is more important than the other”, he told reporters in front of the Alvorada Palace. According to the president, the “frictions” in Brasilia affect the entire population.
In addition, the Chief Executive spoke at a “balance of forces” with the presence of the Bolsonarist bench elected to Congress in 2022 and mentioned his proposal to increase the number of justices in the Supreme Court.
As Bolsonaro said earlier, in an interview with the Pilhado podcast, the possible increase in the number of ministers would depend on the “temperature” of the Supreme Court after the elections, in case he was elected.
At Palácio da Alvorada, the president stated that, with the result of the 2nd round, he would start talking to the new STF president, Minister Rosa Weber, on the subject. “I don’t want to confront anyone, present a proposal that will upset the other Power. This is not our idea.”declared.
If Bolsonaro is re-elected, he will be able to appoint 2 more ministers to the STF, as Rosa Weber and Ricardo Lewandowski will retire. The idea of the possible project is for him to appoint 5 magistrates.
The Chief Executive already has 2 ministers of his choice in the Supreme Court: Nunes Marques and André Mendonça.
Despite not having criticized the Judiciary and saying that he does not want more conflicts, Bolsonaro’s moderate tone contrasts with the statements against the Court on Friday (7.Oct.2022). The PL (Liberal Party) candidate has been advised by allies to remain calm.
On the occasion, he said that Minister Alexandre de Moraes, president of the TSE and minister of the STF, is “helping to bury Brazil” and that some members of the Supreme Court prefer the PT in the Presidency because Lula and Alckmin will be “puppets”. Moraes is the most frequent target of Bolsonaro’s attacks.
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