PT appeals to the full Supreme Court against Gilmar.
The president of the party, Rui Falcão, filed an appeal this Wednesday for the full Supreme Court to evaluate the continuation of the judicial interpellation presented this month, but which was dismissed by Luiz Fux; members of the Workers' Party (PT) are questioning statements by Minister Gilmar Mendes regarding the integrity of the fundraising campaigns organized to pay the fines of those convicted in AP 470 (José Dirceu, José Genoino, and Delúbio Soares); Gilmar suggests that the donations constitute "money laundering"; the judicial interpellation questions whether the accusation is offensive or not; in his decision, Fux argued that the offense, if any, would be against the donors, and not against the PT.
247 - The Workers' Party has not given up on challenging, in the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the accusations made by Minister Gilmar Mendes regarding the online fundraising campaigns organized to pay the fines of those convicted in Criminal Action 470. Gilmar suggested to the Public Prosecutor's Office that it investigate these "crowdfunding" campaigns, which, according to him, may be the result of "money laundering" (read more). here).
The president of the PT (Workers' Party), Rui Falcão, filed an appeal this Wednesday, the 19th, for the full court to evaluate the continuation of the judicial interpellation that questions whether the minister's accusations are offensive. The process was previously presented but judged by Minister Luiz Fux, who dismissed it. Fux concluded that the offense, if any, would be against the campaign donors, and not against the party itself (read more). here).
Since then, donors have been organizing online to file a legal challenge similar to Rui Falcão's. The action will be filed by the law firm Alonso Freire Chryssocheris Advogados Associados, according to blogger Eduardo Guimarães, who is leading the initiative. "It will be a collective action, aiming to reduce costs. Furthermore, there will be no request for compensation, only a request for explanations from Minister Gilmar Mendes," said Guimarães, from the Blog da Cidadania (read more). here).
Together, former congressman José Genoino and former PT treasurer Delúbio Soares raised over R$ 1,7 million. The surplus raised by Delúbio was transferred to former congressman João Paulo Cunha, who has also already paid his fine. Currently, former minister José Dirceu is raising donations through the website Eu Apoio Zé Dirceu (I Support Zé Dirceu), which, by the end of the afternoon of Tuesday the 18th, had raised over R$ 500. Adding the surplus from the campaigns of his allies, the former minister totals R$ 643.