Brazil Senate President Alcolumbre Refuses to Comment on Moraes' Mendonça Investigation Request
Key Points
- Senate President Alcolumbre did not comment on STF Justice Moraes' investigation request regarding Justice Mendonça.
- Moraes claims Mendonça compromised impartiality and engaged in political steering in the Banco Master and INSS investigations.
- While criticizing opposition pressures for an impeachment process against Moraes, Alcolumbre brought up the 130 million Reais film financing scandal.
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Brazil Senate President Davi Alcolumbre refused on Thursday to comment on Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes' request to investigate Justice André Mendonça. Moraes alleges that Mendonça committed "administrative improbity, abuse of authority, and responsibility crimes" in his handling of the Banco Master and Social Security (INSS) fraud investigations. Alcolumbre told journalists, "I found nothing, I'm sitting in that chair running the session and I don't know anything."
In the ruling given in the fake news inquiry, Moraes stated that judicial impartiality was broken and that Mendonça acted in favor of specific political groups, even directing investigations against him and Alcolumbre for "personal and political reasons." Alcolumbre also criticized opposition pressures for an impeachment process against Moraes.
Alcolumbre shifted the subject to a different scandal, saying, "They forgot the 130 million Reais to make the movie, they only talk about other people." This amount refers to the 130 million Reais agreed upon by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) with banker Daniel Vorcaro for the film "Dark Horse," which tells the story of the 2018 Bolsonaro election victory.
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- What did Moraes request regarding Mendonça?
- Moraes requested an investigation, stating that Justice André Mendonça committed "administrative improbity, abuse of authority, and responsibility crimes" in his role in the Banco Master and INSS fraud investigations.
- How did Alcolumbre respond to this request?
- Alcolumbre refused to comment, saying, "I don't know anything, I'm sitting in that chair running the session."
- What does the 130 million Reais mentioned by Alcolumbre refer to?
- This amount refers to the financing agreed upon by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro with banker Daniel Vorcaro for the film "Dark Horse," which depicts the 2018 Bolsonaro election victory.
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