Brazil's Supreme Court postpones analysis of decision on Battisti's extradition.
A procedural change made by Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux postponed the trial of a case before the Supreme Court regarding the possible extradition of former Italian political activist Cesare Battisti; by converting the defense's habeas corpus petition into a complaint, Fux gave all parties involved in the case more time to present new arguments in the proceedings.
247 - The First Panel of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) postponed the analysis of a case that will decide whether or not former political activist Cesare Battisti can be extradited to Italy. The postponement occurred in the early afternoon of this Tuesday. The rapporteur of the case, Luiz Fux, decided to remove the case from the agenda for procedural reasons: he converted the habeas corpus into a complaint, changing the type of action used by Battisti's defense.
This means that the parties may be called upon again to present their arguments in the proceedings. This leaves the date for the Supreme Court's trial undefined for the time being. The Attorney General's Office is one of the parties that has not yet commented on the case. On Monday, the Attorney General's Office requested more time to analyze the case and present its opinion.
Ministers of the STF also consider that the action should be taken to the full Court, made up of 11 ministers, and not be decided only by the five magistrates of the First Panel. The change to the larger collegiate body was defended this Monday (24) by the Attorney General's Office (AGU), which represents the government before the Courts.