Lawyers launch national manifesto in support of Dilma.
Lawyers, members of the Public Prosecutor's Office, university law professors, and law students from various states in Brazil launched a National Manifesto in support of the re-election of President Dilma Rousseff (PT) this Wednesday, the 8th; the document is signed primarily by Professor Celso Antônio Bandeira de Mello, the country's leading administrative law expert; the manifesto was launched in Curitiba.
Tarso's Blog - Lawyers, members of the Public Prosecutor's Office, university law professors and law students from several states in Brazil launched a National Manifesto in support of the re-election of President Dilma Rousseff (PT), yesterday (8). It was an initiative of lawyers Edésio Passos, André Passos, Tarso Cabral Violin and several other legal professionals.
The first signatory of the manifesto was Professor Dr. Celso Antônio Bandeira de Mello, the country's leading administrative law scholar.
Lawyers, professors and students from Paraná, who initially drafted the manifesto, launched the document yesterday (8), in Curitiba. Professors from the Federal University of Paraná, Positivo University, UniCuritiba, UniBrasil and several other law schools were present.
The event was held by lawyer and deputy mayor of Curitiba, Mirian Gonçalves, and by lawyer and professor of Labor Law at UFPR, Wilson Ramos Filho (Xixo), who also aimed to organize the campaign in Paraná.
Lawyers, professors, law graduates, or law students can sign the manifesto and see who has already signed it. here.
See the text of the manifesto:
Now it's Dilma for President 13! Manifesto of the Jurists
During Dilma's government, the Access to Information Law and the Civil Framework for the Internet, the National Truth Commission Law, and the Law on Partnerships between Public Administration and Civil Society Organizations were enacted.
For a Brazil that is increasingly just and egalitarian; for a balanced environment; for a nation that is increasingly recognized internationally; for the defense of religious freedom in a secular state; for freedom of expression and the democratization of the media; for the defense of our Social, Republican, and Democratic Constitution of 1988; for a Political Reform that further improves the Brazilian Democracy under construction; for the defense of social movements; for structured and autonomous Public Defender's Offices; for the end of poverty and the reduction of social and regional inequalities; for a State present in the social and economic order; for a united Latin America; for a more solidarity-based economy; for the non-privatization of Petrobras, Banco do Brasil, Federal Universities, and other strategic entities; for maintaining the pre-salt reserves under Brazilian control; for maintaining the independence of the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Courts of Auditors, the Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry, and the Federal Police in the investigation of any and all traces of corruption; for public and non-commercialized education; for increasingly universal public health; For the maintenance and expansion of the economic and social achievements of the Lula and Dilma governments (2003-2014); and for an election free from rumors and slander; we, the undersigned jurists, university professors, and law students, declare our vote for the candidacy of President Dilma Rousseff 13, of the Workers' Party (PT), in this second round of the 2014 elections, so that she may continue to be our first female President of Brazil!