The Workers' Party (PT) goes to war and decides to question Gilmar Mendes.
The suspicion raised by Minister Gilmar Mendes regarding the legitimacy of donations made to José Genoino and Delúbio Soares has stirred the pride of the Workers' Party; the party's president, Rui Falcão, decided to question Gilmar based on article 144 of the Penal Code, which allows individuals or entities who feel victimized by crimes against honor to demand explanations in court; Gilmar mentioned money laundering; Genoino's family members and coordinators of Delúbio's campaign opened their accounts.
247 - The Workers' Party has decided to declare war on Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes, who insinuated that donations made by thousands of party members to José Genoino and Delúbio Soares were the result of money laundering. The decision was made by the party's president himself, Rui Falcão, who will file a complaint with the Supreme Court this Thursday. The basis will be Article 144 of the Penal Code, which grants individuals or entities who feel they are victims of crimes against honor the right to demand explanations in court.
Genoino raised over R$650, while Delubio raised just over R$1 million. In both cases, the donor lists were made public by the family or by campaign coordinators. Miruna Genoino, daughter of the former president of the PT party, listed 2.620 donor names (read more). hereMaria Leonor Jakobsen, who coordinated Delúbio's fundraising, identified 1.668 donors. All of them had a CPF (Brazilian individual taxpayer registration number) and RG (Brazilian national identity card number).
Gilmar's statements provoked a wave of indignation within the PT (Workers' Party). In an article on 247, district deputy Chico Vigilante, from the Federal District, stated that the Supreme Court Justice is unaware of the meaning of the word solidarity (read here).