Tarso defies the Justice system and says he will keep his appointed positions.

The governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Tarso Genro (PT), announced today that he will maintain the 155 appointed positions (CCs) in Executive branch agencies that were abolished by the State Court of Justice (TJ-RS). "We will address this issue on a purely legal level," he stated, dismissing any possibility of instability between the branches of government.

The government will wait for the publication of the court ruling before appealing to higher courts in an attempt to reverse the decision. In judging a direct action of unconstitutionality filed by the PMDB caucus in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Special Body of the TJ-RS (Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul) decided to eliminate some of the appointed positions created by the Tarso government at the beginning of the year, understanding that they do not qualify as management, leadership, or advisory roles.

The Executive branch argues that there are dozens of similar precedents in public administration and, at the same time, admits to drafting a new bill to address any formal gaps pointed out by the courts. Tarso highlighted that among the positions created are those of employees of the Development Agency, which has already begun to attract investments to the State, and those of regional coordinators of the Participatory Budget, which mobilized more than one million people in this year's consultation.