Gilmar says he doesn't know if there are "technical or political" profiles within the Supreme Court.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes said that speculations that he had asked the Court's president, Justice Cármen Lúcia, to take over the Lava Jato Operation cases are an urban legend. "I don't know where you got that from," he said; when asked by journalists if he preferred someone with a political or more technical profile for the vacancy left by Teori Zavascki, who died in a plane crash on the 19th, Gilmar was emphatic: "It's not up to me to choose, and I don't know if there are politicians or technicians on the court."
247 - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes said that speculations that he had asked the Court's president, Justice Cármen Lúcia, to take over the Lava Jato Operation cases are an urban legend.
"I don't know where you got that from," he said. Asked by journalists whether he preferred someone with a political or more technical profile for the vacancy left by Teori Zavascki, who died in a plane crash on the 19th, Gilmar was emphatic: "It's not up to me to choose, and I don't know if there are politicians or technicians on the court."
Speculation that Gilmar had requested to be the rapporteur for Lava Jato gained strength after he met with Cármen Lúcia this Wednesday (25). "There is no possibility of offering oneself (for the rapporteurship). Nor is it possible. In fact, it is a system that will have to be designated in an objective way. And if a rapporteur is designated, it is clear that anyone will have to take on the role. You can't say that it's not there. That's all," he said.
He also denied that he had nominated the Minister of the Superior Labor Court (TST), Gandra Filho, for Teori's seat on the Supreme Federal Court (STF). "They seem to know more about this than I do," he said.