Janot goes to the Supreme Court against motorcycle taxi service in the Federal District.
Brazil's Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot, filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to block the law that authorizes motorcycle taxi services in the Federal District. According to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), the authorization for this new mode of transportation is unconstitutional because it should have been discussed at the federal level. The PGR requests that the law be suspended "as soon as possible" by a decision of the STF. The lawsuit argues that "the autonomy of the States and the Federal District cannot, in legislative activity, override the legislative competence constitutionally distributed among the federated entities, nor usurp that attributed to the Union."
Brasilia 247 Brazil's Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot, has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to block the law that authorizes motorcycle taxi services in the Federal District. According to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), the authorization for this new mode of transportation is unconstitutional because it should have been discussed at the federal level. The PGR is requesting that the law be suspended "as soon as possible" by a decision of the STF.
“The autonomy of the States and the Federal District cannot, in legislative activity, override the legislative competence constitutionally distributed among the federated entities nor usurp that attributed to the Union,” Janot said in a letter last Friday (27). According to the PGR, the rule could generate “conflicts of attribution between local and federal traffic agencies and generate legal uncertainty for the citizens themselves dedicated to the mototaxi service and for consumers.”
The law authorizing motorcycle taxi services in the Federal District was published in February 2014, during the administration of former governor Agnelo Queiroz, and was supposed to take effect a year later, but it was not regulated – even after the 90-day deadline set for this. According to the project, the local government would select up to 2,5 professionals to provide services in the administrative regions.