Brazil’s Supreme Court cancels session as political crisis deepens
The 10-justice court will review allegations against Alexandre de Moraes as rivals trade claims of bias, abuse of power and improper ties to a banker.
- Brazil's Supreme Court canceled a second consecutive session of deliberations on Thursday, a rare institutional crisis. Chief-Justice Luiz Edson Fachin ordered the cancellation, reconvening the court for Tuesday.
- Turmoil erupted Sept 1 when Justice Andre Mendonca unsealed federal police documents showing banker Daniel Vorcaro repeatedly sought legal advice from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre.
- Earlier, Moraes requested an inquiry into an alleged abuse of power by Mendonca, who previously served as solicitor-general for President Jair Bolsonaro.
- Both President Luiz and Sen Bolsonaro are now demanding investigations into the justices, as the turmoil spills into October's national elections.
- Federal police leadership remains at stake as competing Supreme Court decisions removed and reinstated its director-general, while the full court of 10 justices will analyze potential investigations into Moraes.
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The Supreme Federal Court (STF) has the record of cancelling only four ordinary plenary sessions in its history. According to the Valor survey, they were cancelled for different reasons, such as lack of quorum and the death of a minister of the Court. Read more In this week, the Supreme cancelled the ordinary plenary session of Wednesday (9), in the midst of the crisis for which the Court is involved. In a note, the STF only stated that the deci…
Brazil Supreme Court crisis jolts October election season
Brazil's Supreme Court cancelled a second straight deliberation session as justices clashed over allegations surrounding Alexandre de Moraes. The feud has widened political fault lines and sharpened institutional uncertainty ahead of the October elections.
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Brazil's Supreme Court cancels session as political crisis deepens
Brazil’s Supreme Court canceled a second consecutive session of deliberations on Thursday, a rare step that highlights its deep institutional and political crisis.
The former senator and former federal deputy Marcondes Gadelha revealed, yesterday, to the columnist, being concerned about the consequences of the crisis installed in the Supreme Federal Court, with continuous disagreements between ministers of the Court over serious decisions involving proceedings in process in that Court. For him, it is a new fact in the Brazilian reality, an unprecedented crisis caused by conflicts of interpretation about in…
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