Cardozo denounces successor to the Ethics Committee.
Former Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo filed a complaint this Tuesday against his successor at the Attorney General's Office, Fábio Medina Osório, with the Ethics Committee of the Presidency of the Republic. The reason: Osório decided to open an investigation against Cardozo because he referred to the impeachment as a "coup"—something Osório himself had done before becoming minister. Cardozo's lawyer, Marco Aurélio Carvalho, says that "not even during the darkest years of the military dictatorship" were there accusations of "crimes of legal opinion" against lawyers.
Brasilia 247 – Former Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo filed a complaint this Tuesday against his successor at the Attorney General's Office, Fábio Medina Osório, with the Ethics Committee of the Presidency of the Republic.
The reason: Osório decided to open an investigation against Cardozo because he had referred to the impeachment as a "coup"—something that, curiously, Osório himself had done before becoming a minister (read more). here).
Cardozo's lawyer, Marco Aurélio Carvalho, says that "not even during the darkest years of the military dictatorship" were there accusations of "crimes of legal opinion" against lawyers.
Cardozo also says he is stunned by the persecution carried out by his interim successor.