Brazil-. Minister Carmen Lucía of the Federal Court of Justice (STF) of Brazil has sent investigation requests against former President Jair Bolsonaro to the Federal District (DF), it was announced today.
Lucía argued that it was not up to the Supreme Court to consider the requests since the far-right politician, who has been in the United States since last December, has lost the privileged forum as head of state in court.
Lawsuits filed by congressmen from left-wing parties and civil society organizations against Bolsonaro were brought to the court of first instance for his involvement in the September 7, 2021 law, when he made attacks on the Supreme Court, going so far as to say he would no longer do so To comply with orders from Judge Alexandre de Moraes of the STF.
A request for an investigation against the ex-military man for alleged racism crimes in view of statements involving “Quilombolas” (Afro-Brazilian) and black people was also sent to the DF court.
In their ruling, the magistrates argued that the Supreme Court had ruled that in cases like this, “since the person being examined no longer occupies the position that would define the forum by prerogative of function, the jurisdiction of that Supreme Court and the proceedings end must be rejected for the competent place of jurisdiction.
Noting the consequent loss of jurisdiction due to the prerogative of the defendant’s position, he added: “I acknowledge the inability of this federal court to process and adjudicate this application, and I determine that this application will be forwarded with appropriate protection and caution.” , to the President of the Federal District Court of the 1st Region».
The minister also ordered that the Attorney General’s Office be informed of their finding so that they can discuss the cases.
Also this week, the electoral justice would vote on the decision of Corregidor-General-elect Benedito Gonçalves, who decided to keep a file found in the home of a former minister in a lawsuit against the former army captain.
Earlier, Gonçalves, in his signed award, denied the defense’s request to withdraw the State of Defense Decree records seized by the Federal Police (PF) at the residence of Anderson Torres, the former Minister of Justice and Public Security, during the ordered trial were the STF.
Last January, the PF found at Torres’s home a decree reversing the result of the elections won by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
TV channel GloboNews discovered that the content found by the PF cites the immediate restoration of last October’s electoral law correction.
According to an expert heard by the portal G1, the decree “is intended to interfere in the Supreme Electoral Court so that Bolsonaro declares himself the winner of the elections”.