Gilmar: 'No one wants to be the rapporteur for Lava Jato'
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes stated that "nobody wants to be the rapporteur for Lava Jato" because it "disrupts everyone's lives"; "Obviously, whoever is appointed rapporteur will have to take on the role. You can't say they're not there. That's all. [But] I think nobody wants to be the rapporteur for Lava Jato," he said after a lecture in São Paulo; the statement was given a day after the minister said that, if appointed rapporteur, he would act with "the same naturalness with which he decides all cases."
Brasilia 247 - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes stated that "nobody wants to be the rapporteur for Lava Jato" because it "disrupts everyone's lives." "Obviously, whoever is appointed rapporteur will have to take on the role. You can't say they're not there. That's all. [But] I think nobody wants to be the rapporteur for Lava Jato," he said after a lecture in São Paulo. The statement came a day after the Justice said that, if appointed rapporteur, he would act with "the same naturalness with which he decides all cases."
The information is from Report by José Marques in Folha de S.Paulo.
"According to the magistrate, Minister Teori Zavascki himself, who died in an air accident on Thursday (19), and who was reporting on the case, said he did not like having taken on the task.
"Strictly speaking, this disrupts everyone's lives and completely disorganizes the office, which then becomes focused on this type of matter," Mendes stated.
He declined to comment on how the president of the Supreme Court, Justice Cármen Lúcia, should redistribute the case.
Mendes also avoided speaking about the appointment of a replacement for Zavascki's position.