Azevedo wants Azeredo to be tried in Minas Gerais.
The height of hypocrisy: a blogger from Veja.com, who defended the trial of Criminal Action 470 in the Supreme Court, even for defendants without the right to privileged jurisdiction, now argues that Eduardo Azeredo, former national president of the PSDB party, should have his case sent to the first instance court; according to Azevedo, his almost namesake Azeredo was heading towards an "execution".
247 - The resignation of Eduardo Azeredo, former governor of Minas Gerais and former national president of the PSDB party, gave blogger Reinaldo Azevedo, from Veja.com, the opportunity to exercise his own hypocrisy. He, who fought so hard for the defendants in Criminal Action 470, even those without the right to privileged jurisdiction, to be judged directly in the Supreme Federal Court, and not in the first instance, now defends that Azeredo's case be sent to the Justice system of Minas Gerais.
That's what he argues in an article published this Wednesday (read here). "Eduardo Azeredo (PSDB-MG) resigned from his position as a federal deputy. Following the procedure adopted with other public figures — including José Genoino in another case — his case should leave the Supreme Court and be sent to the first instance; in this case, the Federal Court of Minas Gerais. Why did he resign? It's uncomfortable to say, but it has to be said: because he wouldn't be "judged" in the full sense of the word; he was heading towards an execution," he states.
In reality, Azeredo resigned only to avoid trial at the Supreme Court – and thus delay his sentencing.