Lula highlights the performance of the STF against arbitration and setbacks

In the opening session of the Year of the Judiciary 2023, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted today (1st) the importance of the role of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in defending society against arbitrariness and setbacks. “It is our duty to record the decisive role of the Federal Supreme Court and the Superior Electoral Court in defending Brazilian society against arbitrariness. From here in this room, against which the most concentrated hatred of the aggressors was turned, courageous and absolutely necessary decisions were taken to face and stop the setback, denialism and political violence”, he said, alongside the president of the STF, Rosa Weber. In the speech, the president stated that the coup acts of January 8 showed the most absurd face of violence and hatred and were not born “by spontaneous generation, but cultivated in successive attacks against the law and the Constitution, with the objective of sustaining a authoritarian project of power”. And he also said that “this indignation will carry with him for the rest of his life. they were not able to shake the ministers of the Supreme Court in the mission of defending the Constitution. “More than a rebuilt plenary, what I see here is the fearlessness of ministers in defense of our Magna Carta. I see the unwavering willingness to work day in and day out. night and night to ensure that there is not a millimeter of retreat in our democracy”, he added. Lula assured that, as in the two previous terms, his government will work in harmony and institutional respect with the Judiciary. “The Brazilian people do not want conflicts between the institutions. They do not want aggression, intimidation or the silence of the constituted powers. The Brazilian people want and need, that is, a lot of work, dedication and efforts of the Three Powers in the sense of rebuilding the Brazil,” said the president. He emphasized that the “real enemies are others: hunger, inequality, lack of opportunities, extremism and political violence, environmental destruction and the climate crisis”. Before Lula, the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), stated that, in recent weeks, Brazilian democracy has demonstrated its importance and that it will remain. Pacheco also defended strict punishment of those responsible for anti-democratic acts. “Any gesture that aims at disharmony between the Powers is an affront to democracy”.

Agência Brasil