Bricklayer: Judge from Paraná ignores Supreme Court and maintains censorship of Marcelo Auler
The editor of Tijolaço, Fernando Brito, points out that although the First Panel of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) overturned an injunction "that had ordered the removal of articles from Marcelo Auler's blog, where delegate Érika Marena was identified, in formal testimony, by another federal police officer as the 'strategist of the leaks' in Lava Jato," the "judge in the case, even informed of the STF's decision, didn't care about it."
By Fernando Brito, in brick - On June 5th, the First Panel of the Supreme Federal Court overturned a preliminary injunction issued by the 8th Special Civil Court of Curitiba (PR) that had ordered the removal of articles from Marcelo Auler's blog, where delegate Érika Marena was identified, in a formal deposition by another federal police officer, as the "strategist behind the leaks" in the Lava Jato investigation, and also for an attempt to administratively punish former Minister and Public Prosecutor Eugênio Aragão.
The information is publicly available on the official website of the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
However, the judge in the case, even after being informed of the Supreme Court's decision, disregarded it and said "we have to maintain this," issuing a ruling reaffirming the decision to censor the blog and even imposing a fine of R$ 10 on Auler, endorsing the suggestion of a "lay judge" who, it seems, possesses more legal knowledge than three Supreme Court justices.
Auler, of course, is appealing. But it's curious to see how, in Paraná, the Justice system – to use the language of the people from Rio Grande do Sul – takes the bit between its teeth and dismisses superior decisions that contradict it.
Read the story, with details and documents, on Marcelo Auler's Blog, who is confronting the power of these people without resources, but with the law, the personal and professional dignity he possesses, and the help of those who, like him, are not intimidated.