According to the judges, Barbosa is a biased judge.
The president of the Brazilian Association of Federal Judges (Ajufe), Nino Toldo, said that the organization intends to file a "motion for recusal" against the president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to remove him from the case concerning Constitutional Amendment 73, which provides for the establishment of these courts in Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Manaus, and Curitiba. "He lacks impartiality to judge these matters, as he has repeatedly spoken publicly against the creation of the Regional Federal Courts (TRFs), and even aggressively towards professional associations," he stated.
247 The decision by the president of the Supreme Federal Court to suspend the creation of four new Regional Federal Courts has displeased parliamentarians and the legal community.
The preliminary injunction suspending the effects of Constitutional Amendment 73, which provides for the installation of these courts in Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Manaus, and Curitiba, granted a request made in a direct action of unconstitutionality by the National Association of Federal Prosecutors (Anpaf). Barbosa agreed with the argument that the amendment should have been submitted to Congress by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
According to information from Valor, the president of the Association of Federal Judges of Brazil (Ajufe), Nino Toldo, said that the entity intends to present a "motion for recusal" against Barbosa, so that he is removed from the case. "He lacks impartiality to judge these matters, as he has repeatedly spoken publicly against the creation of the Regional Federal Courts, and even aggressively towards professional associations," he states.
Barbosa called the creation of new Regional Federal Courts, advocated by the entities, "sneaky," and said that the courts would be built in "resorts" on the beach. "It seems to me that he acted in a sneaky manner," countered Senator Sérgio Souza (PMDB-PR), coordinator of the parliamentary front that orchestrated the measure.