SÃO PAULO, SP (FOLHAPRESS)
The president of the PT, Gleisi Hoffmann (PT-PR), generated controversy last Wednesday (20) when she criticized and called for the end of the Electoral Court during a session of the special committee of the Chamber that discusses the Amnesty PEC.
The president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), Alexandre de Moraes, reacted and condemned the PT member’s speech. In a statement, he stated that the Electoral Court will continue to fight the “forces that do not believe in the democratic rule of law”.
Understand in 4 points what happened this week:
1) WHAT DID GLEISI HOFFMANN SAY?
The national president of the PT questioned the existence of specific courts for the electoral issue, the amounts of fines applied to political parties and the funds allocated to the TSE and the TREs (Regional Electoral Courts), endorsing part of the criticism made by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and co-religionists.
According to Gleisi, the decisions of the electoral courts “bring the subjective vision of the court’s technical team, which systematically enters the lives of political parties, wanting to provide guidance, interpreting the will of leaders, the will of candidates.”
The PT member also said that the courts have been imposing unenforceable fines on the parties – “there is no way to pay, we don’t have the money”.
She also stated that the existence of a court focused on electoral issues is an exception in the world, echoing the idea of putting an end to Electoral Justice, defended by Bolsonarists.
“One of the only places that has Electoral Justice in the world is in Brazil. Which is already absurd. And it costs three times what campaign financing costs for the electoral dispute. There is something wrong with that, maybe we should start there to see what we can change”, said the PT member.
2) IN WHAT CONTEXT DID GLEISI’S SPEECH TAKE PLACE?
Gleisi criticized the Electoral Court during a session of the special committee of the Chamber of Deputies that discusses the Amnesty PEC.
The proposed amendment to the constitution grants the largest pardon in history to political parties, especially for non-compliance with affirmative gender and race quotas in the 2022 dispute. The text prohibits any punishment for electoral illegalities committed until the promulgation of the PEC.
Amnesty’s PEC is part of the package of electoral changes promoted by the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), and has the support of the vast majority of the House, from left to right.
3) WHAT DID MINISTER ALEXANDRE DE MORAES REPLY?
President of the TSE, Alexandre de Moraes published an official note on Thursday (21) reacting to Gleisi’s speech.
He stated, without directly mentioning the parliamentarian’s name, that the demonstrations are “erroneous and false” and that the Electoral Court will continue to “combat those who are contrary to constitutional ideals” and the “forces that do not believe in the democratic rule of law” .
“Regrettably, the very existence of the Electoral Court was challenged by the president of a political party, as a result of a total lack of knowledge about its importance, structure, organization and functioning,” wrote Moraes.
The minister said that the TSE “repudiates erroneous and false statements made with the aim of trying to prevent or reduce the necessary control of the expenditure of public resources carried out by political parties, especially those constitutionally and legally allocated to the candidacies of women and black people”.
Moraes also wrote: “We are the only democracy in the world that calculates and publishes electoral results on the same day, with agility, security, competence and transparency. This is a reason for national pride and not for unfounded aggression.”
4) DID GLEISI SPEAK ON THE TOPIC AGAIN?
Last Friday (22), Gleisi retreated, saying that he did not defend the end of the Electoral Justice and that his speech was taken out of context. The PT member, however, reiterated her criticism of the costs of the processes and stated that this debate needs to be carried out within the democratic system.
“The Electoral Justice costs three times more than the electoral campaign. In a democracy, any institution is subject to criticism. This debate is healthy. We have an Electoral Justice that costs nine times what the party system costs.”
Gleisi also said that he does not admit questions to his stance in defense of democracy and institutions.
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