Labor unions promote #returngilmar protest at the Supreme Court.
Organizations and social movements, such as CUT, MST, Consulta Popular, Marcha Mundial de Mulheres, and Levante Popular da Juventude, will hold a protest in front of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) this Wednesday to denounce the one-year anniversary of the delay in the judgment on ending corporate financing of electoral campaigns (ADI 4650), which was blocked by Minister Gilmar Mendes.
247 - This Wednesday (April 1st), at 12 pm, organizations and social movements, such as CUT, MST, Consulta Popular, Marcha Mundial de Mulheres and Levante Popular da Juventude, will hold a protest in front of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to denounce the one-year anniversary of the delay in the judgment on ending corporate financing of election campaigns (ADI 4650), blocked by Minister Gilmar Mendes.
Read the call to action for the event:
Only through popular pressure will Gilmar be reinstated!!
On April 2, 2014, Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Gilmar Mendes requested a review of the proceedings regarding Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) 4650, filed by the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), which prohibits corporate financing of electoral campaigns and political parties.
In practice, the ADI (Direct Action of Unconstitutionality) contributes enormously to democracy and the fight against corruption, because by prohibiting companies from financing politics, this initiative removes the main point of contact between the corrupt and those who corrupt. Furthermore, it removes the influence of economic power from elections, favoring equal conditions for candidacies and preventing distortions in the representation of social segments.
In the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) had already obtained 6 (six) favorable votes and only 1 (one) against when Gilmar Mendes requested a review, in an attempt to shelve the proposal. This is an action orchestrated with conservative sectors of the National Congress, led by Congressman Eduardo Cunha. They are preventing the ADI from being voted on until they manage to approve Constitutional Amendment Project (PEC) 352/13 and thus constitutionalize corporate financing.
Therefore, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Gilmar sitting on top of the case, we will mobilize, with much struggle and pressure, to see if he gets up and returns the case and hope to Brazilian democracy.
Furthermore, we will be united in repudiating and fighting against PEC 352/2013, the so-called "PEC of Corruption," the pet project of Congressman and Speaker of the House, Eduardo Cunha, which maintains private and corporate financing of campaigns and parties.
It's also worth mobilizing through social media, just don't forget the hashtag #GiveGilmarBack
Bring joy, posters, banners, and your cry of "Give Gilmar back!" so we can "un-celebrate" with the minister the anniversary of his regrettable deed for democracy and the Brazilian people. And let's join the chorus against the Corruption Amendment!
#GiveGilmarBack