The vice president of Brazil, Hamilton Mourão, left today a ‘warning to the Supreme Federal Court (STF), when considering that the suspension of some government decisions goes beyond the limits.
“I think that each one has to navigate within the limits of his responsibility. So, the most recent cases, which were the appointment of the director-general of the Federal Police, the issue of Venezuelan diplomats, were decisions that belong to the President of the Republic”, said the general during an interview with Rádio Gaúcha.
In less than a week, STF judges suspended the appointment of Alexandre Ramage to the general directorate of the Federal Police and revoked an order to withdraw the Brazilian Government against diplomatic allies of the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, from that country’s embassy in Brasilia.
“It is his responsibility [Presidente do Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro], it is his decision to choose his assistants, as well as head of state he is responsible for the country’s foreign policy “, he added.
The vice president referred to two episodes that pitted the judiciary against the Brazilian government.
The first one took place on Wednesday of last week, when STF judge Alexandre de Morais suspended Alexandre Ramage’s tenure at the Federal Police’s general directorate.
The judge understood that the choice indicated an attempt at political influence by Bolsonaro within that corporation, responsible for investigations accompanied by the STF involving family members and allies of the Brazilian head of state.
The case of Venezuelan diplomats happened last Saturday, when the deadline for 34 representatives of the Maduro Government to leave Brazil after the withdrawal of Brazilian diplomats from the neighboring country was over.
STF judge Luís Roberto Barroso decided that Maduro officials should not be forced to travel during the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Government for explanations.
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