Jefferson says Barbosa has become a "standard-bearer"

247 After his lawyers asked the minister Joaquim Barbosa should step down as rapporteur. In the context of Criminal Action 470, it is now the turn of former congressman Roberto Jefferson to target the president of the Supreme Federal Court. In a series of notes published on his blogThe president of the PTB party criticizes the statements made by the minister during a trip to a conference on press freedom in Costa Rica. "Minister Joaquim Barbosa, president of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), was in Costa Rica wielding a flag and four stones," Jefferson summarized in the statement. The judge and his flag.

According to the former congressman, Barbosa "spoke there with fierce criticisms, already much criticized, made here." "He accused Brazil of being a country of impunity for rich, white people or those with 'political connections,' again attacked the alleged closeness between judges and lawyers, and even threw stones at the privileged jurisdiction that allowed him to preside over the Mensalão trial. But the event was about freedom of the press(?!). It's really strange to see a judge turned into a standard-bearer," he criticized.

"The president of the Supreme Court had a lot to say about the Mensalão trial and about his personal convictions regarding how the Judiciary is organized, in addition to many criticisms, or attacks, to make against those who also work for a just decision instead of simply a condemnatory one. And so, he made headlines," Jefferson says in another note.

Starting next Monday, Barbosa is expected to begin processing the appeals filed by the 25 individuals convicted in Criminal Action 470.