Zema assesses that letter from Jair Bolsonaro read by Flávio was not an anticipated campaign Vanessa Rodrigues/A Tribuna Jornal The former governor of Minas Gerais and pre-candidate for the Presidency Romeu Zema (Novo), stated this Tuesday (14), during an interview with Jornal A Tribuna, in Santos, that the letter written by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and read by senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) did not constitute early election campaign. The statement was given after Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), ordered the suspension, for 90 days, of Flávio's visits to his father. The letter was read in a live broadcast made by Flávio on social media. Bolsonaro said he trusted his son as the "best option" to combat corruption, violence and impoverishment in Brazil. ?Click here to follow the g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. In the same decision, Moraes referred the case to the Public Electoral Ministry to determine whether the publication of the letter could constitute early electoral propaganda. The minister understood that the publication may also have violated the prohibition imposed on Bolsonaro from using social networks, including through third parties. Asked about the possibility of the letter representing an early campaign, Zema disagreed. "No, I don't believe it, no. I think it was a positioning."
Zema assesses that letter from Jair Bolsonaro read by Flávio was not an anticipated campaign
Zema assesses that letter from Jair Bolsonaro read by Flávio was not an anticipated campaign Vanessa Rodrigues/A Tribuna Jornal The former governor of Minas Gerais and pre-candidate for the Presidency Romeu Zema (Novo),...
The former governor of Minas Gerais also criticized the actions of the Federal Supreme Court when commenting on Moraes' decision. "Much of what the Supreme Court has done has much more of a political connotation than a legal one. We need a Supreme Court that judges constitutional issues. Here the Supreme Court is judging political issues. This should be in the first and second instance, with a judge, with a judge, and not as a Supreme Court minister," he said. During the interview, Zema once again defended changes in the way the Court's ministers are appointed. According to him, one of the proposals is to establish a minimum age of 60 to join the STF. Zema assesses that Jair Bolsonaro's letter read by Flávio was not an anticipated campaign Vanessa Rodrigues/A Tribuna Jornal "For the Supreme Court, it's practically the same as being Pope. It's the crowning of a long career. I've never seen a 35-year-old Pope. At the Supreme Court, every now and then, someone who's 35 years old appears." The pre-candidate also defended that the names for the Supreme Court be chosen from a list of jurists with recognized qualifications. "The president keeps placing his lawyer, his party's lawyer, his minister in the Supreme Court. There was no need to include his son and brother. There also needs to be a list of notables sent to the president, perhaps prepared by the Senate, the OAB and the Superior Court of Justice, so that we have more qualified and more exempt people. Because it is becoming a political court," he said. VIDEOS: g1 in 1 minute Santos
