Cardozo: Roseana has autonomy to face the crisis.
The Minister of Justice says that the state government will be responsible for coordinating the anti-crisis plan and that only the Attorney General of the Republic can propose intervention to the Supreme Federal Court; regarding the prison situation, he described the Brazilian penitentiary system as "medieval" and said that it finds no echo "in politics or society" to solve the country's prison problems.
247 - After personally addressing the prison crisis in Maranhão, at the request of President Dilma Rousseff, the Minister of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo, said that the federal government will continue to support the state, but Governor Roseana Sarney has "total autonomy" to resolve the problems.
In interview with Folha de S. PaulHe reaffirmed that, according to the Federal Constitution, intervention must be proposed by the Attorney General of the Republic to the Supreme Federal Court. "Any statement or value judgment I could make in this case would be an undue intrusion into autonomous powers."
"President Dilma Rousseff has instructed the Ministry of Justice and its entire team to act in an absolutely republican manner, regardless of whether the governor is an ally or in the opposition," she states.
Regarding the prison situation, Cardozo described the Brazilian penitentiary system as "medieval" and said that it finds no support "in politics or society" for solving the country's prison problems. "When it comes to building prisons or treating prisoners, there are people who criticize, saying that criminals should be mistreated."