Power system bets on delay and has André Mendonça in its sights

Fernando Schüler says Brazil’s institutional system is relying on delay while André Mendonça gradually becomes its target.

In his Thursday commentary, Schüler addresses new information about banker Daniel Vorcaro’s relationship with prominent figures in the upper levels of Brazil’s judiciary. He says the country has a right to know whether the account “Alexandre de Moraes Brasília” belongs to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

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It is obvious that the country has the right to know whether the account 'Alexandre de Moraes Brasília' belongs to Alexandre de Moraes.

Schüler argues that institutional resistance continues to block investigations involving Supreme Court justices. He says Supreme Court President Luiz Edson Fachin should have immediately brought the matter to a transparent, in-person plenary session so the court could decide whether to investigate.

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What Fachin should have done is very simple: immediately put the matter before a transparent, in-person plenary session, and a decision should be made on the investigation. It clearly needs to be investigated.

“The strategy of the power system is procrastination,” Schüler says. In his view, the tactic is to let time pass, allow society to grow tired, wait for new facts to emerge and let the issue cool as elections approach.

He concludes that André Mendonça is gradually becoming the target. The commentary also points readers to related discussions about Alcolumbre, Alexandre de Moraes and proposals to raise the minimum age for Supreme Court nominees to 60.

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The strategy of the power system is procrastination: let time pass, society gets tired, new facts emerge, the elections draw closer, the issue cools...