Cunha defends new formula for judging politicians.
The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), wants to revive a proposal that transfers cases against politicians to the first instance courts, while maintaining the power to decide on arrests, searches, wiretaps, and other coercive measures in the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STJ): "We have to dispel the impression that we are privileged, which we are not. It has to be equal for everyone," he said; currently, cases are judged by the STF.
247 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), wants to revive a proposal that alters the system by which politicians are investigated and judged.
Currently, prosecutions depend on authorization from the STF (Supreme Federal Court) during the term of office. Governors can only be prosecuted by the STJ (Superior Court of Justice).
With this text, the cases would be transferred to the first instance courts, while maintaining the power of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) to decide on arrests, searches, wiretaps, and other coercive measures.
"We have to dispel the impression that we are privileged, which we are not. It has to be equal for everyone," Cunha said in an interview with 'Folha de S. Paulo' (read closest).