Debate between pre-candidates for the Senate in RS promoted by Fecomércio-RS Trilho Narrativas/Disclosure Eight pre-candidates for the Federal Senate from Rio Grande do Sul participated, this Monday (20), in a debate promoted by the Federation of Commerce of Goods, Services and Tourism (Fecomércio-RS), at the entity's headquarters, in Porto Alegre. The meeting, which took place from 11:30 am until 2 pm, was attended by candidates Frederico Antunes (PSD), Germano Rigotto (MDB), Manuela d'Ávila (PSOL), Marcel Van Hattem (Novo), Milton Cardoso (PSDB), Paulo Pimenta (PT), Renato Jaguarão (Cidadania) and Ubiratan Sanderson (PL). ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp Among the topics discussed were the renegotiation of the state's debt with the Union, encouraging the business environment and job creation, changes to the tax system, end of the 6x1 scale and impeachment of ministers of the Superior Federal Court (STF). It is the Senate that has the power to open cases for crimes of responsibility, which can result in the impeachment of the President of the Republic and the ministers of the STF. The Supreme Court was the topic most frequently discussed by pre-candidates. TSE publishes electoral profile of Brazilians who will be able to vote in the October elections. Some made accusations against ministers defending their impeachment, while others argued that there are more important issues that demand the attention of a senator from Rio Grande do Sul. Check out the positions below. Frederico Antunes (PSD) "Everyone who goes beyond the lines that cannot be crossed must be punished. RS needs a senator who does this — and I will do it —, and it needs a senator who places RS as an important state for the Federation. We do not have access to constitutional funds, we have a border strip that takes up 60% of our territory, where nothing can be done. It is about working so that there is no non-compliance with the rules, even though we are a minister of the Supreme Court, but also for us bring us the condition to compete with other states in a fair and fair way." Germano Rigotto (MDB) "The STF is entering spaces that are not its own. In the same way, Congress, with R$62 billion in amendments, is sequestering a large part of the Union's budget. The Judiciary, and not just the STF, taking measures that do not help us to have a balance between powers. Alongside this, an Executive that spends more than it should, that does not take care of fiscal responsibility. As a senator, I have to face this. But as I have to face issues that interest RS and issues of development of the state go through federal decisions." Manuela d'Ávila "Today's debate had a lot of shouting and there are people who want to be senators and want to debate a single topic in the Senate. There is no one above and no one below the law. Not even a STF minister has to be protected. We need a fixed deadline for opening processes. Processes must have determined facts and not political will. But just as ministers are not above the law, no Brazilian should be below it. In other words, the Senate has to be focused on building solutions to everyday problems that thousands of Brazilians face." Marcel van Hattem (New) "I am in favor of the impeachment of STF ministers. I am in favor of them, before the Brazilian justice system, answering for the crimes they committed. And there is also a need for new ways of nominating ministers to the STF. Because, in addition to the nomination of the President of the Republic being people who are not prepared for the position, it is also necessary for the Senate to carry out better hearings. And that's why we have to count on senators like Sanderson and Marcel in the Senate and not those who are there today, who represent neither the suitability that is expected nor the remarkable legal knowledge." Milton Cardoso (PSDB) "I'm 68 years old and, for the first time, trying a process precisely to rescue the Senate. There are 54 new senators that we need to elect to restore the role of the Senate and enter the impeachment and impeachment process. Brazil can no longer live together if it does not clean up the STF and rescue the role of the Senate, which is to demand compliance with the Constitution. My main, my priority, is to rescue the role of the Senate with the impeachment of the STF ministers and remove the left from power. It is a matter of Brazil's survival to remove the left from power." Paulo Pimenta (PT) "I think this is a false controversy. It's electing a senator to increase tension and temperature. I talk to any citizen of the state. People also want medication, health, education, security. This is the agenda of people's real lives. Dosimetry, impeachment, electronic voting machine... honestly, I walk all over RS. I have never met a person who is concerned about this issue or is going to define their vote for the Senate based on issues like this." Renato Jaguarão (Citizenship) "Everything is very clear: the Executive executes, the Legislature makes the laws and the Judiciary ensures that the laws are complied with. But recently, in Brazil, the Judiciary decided to legislate. And worse, muddy with scandals. Or do you think it's normal for a minister to have a resort? The minister's wife has a law firm and receives millions and millions of reais to defend a company, a bank? And the Senate was silent, because there is corporatism in politics. Because this Brazil is a farce. In other countries these ministers were in jail. We have to moralize." Ubiratan Sanderson (PL) "I will never hesitate or hesitate in impeaching an abusive minister. We have some ministers who are not only involved in abuse of authority but also in corruption. It's something degrading. We need to take ministers involved in corruption to the dock. To do this, they have to be prevented from being criminally liable for various crimes, without the protection that the toga gives them. Arriving at the Federal Senate, I will work for the impeachment of at least three STF ministers." VIDEOS: Everything about RS