Zema attacks Dino during Paulista walk and says he trusts Cármen Lúcia’s vote

Romeu Zema brought his protest against Brazil’s Supreme Court to Avenida Paulista on Monday, attacking Justice Flávio Dino and saying he expected Justice Cármen Lúcia to resist what he called the court’s “corporatist spirit.”

The Novo presidential candidate said the crisis at the Supreme Court was an “aberration” and argued that it justified not only impeachment but imprisonment. He accused Dino of belonging to a group that wanted everything to remain unchanged, referring to comments Dino made about people who “promise” to end investigations because of their long duration.

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It is the same little group we already know, and we are seeing what they are capable of doing.

Zema said Cármen Lúcia’s vote could prove decisive in proceedings over whether to continue investigations involving Justices Alexandre de Moraes and André Mendonça. Mendonça requested an investigation into Moraes, who in turn faces a petition seeking an inquiry filed by Moraes. Zema said he hoped Cármen Lúcia’s conscience would speak louder than institutional solidarity and added that he believed she was “a good person.”

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I hope her conscience speaks louder than her corporatist spirit.

He again described Moraes as a “bandit” and said the justice should be in prison. Zema also criticized Moraes over business dealings with banker Daniel Vorcaro, arguing that the justice was carrying out such activities while holding a position for which he was already well paid.

Zema’s campaign placed a banner protesting Supreme Court ministers on the Anchieta Building, near the intersection of Avenida Paulista and Rua da Consolação. The candidate was scheduled to walk to the Museum of Art of São Paulo, where supporters gathered. The banner referred to “The Untouchables,” a series published on Zema’s social media criticizing Supreme Court justices.

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The place for him is there.