Marco Aurélio tells Bolsonaro that he is ‘everyone’s president’ and must seek to correct social inequality | Politics

Marco Aurélio delivered the statement in the plenary session of the STF, delivering a speech on behalf of the Supreme Court in the act of inauguration of Minister Luiz Fux as the new president of the court. Bolsonaro followed the act in the plenary session of the Supreme Court.

Addressing Bolsonaro, Marco Aurélio said:

“Your Excellency was elected with 57 million votes. But you are the president of all Brazilians. Continue on the path you have lived, seek to correct the social inequalities that shame us, attend especially to the less fortunate, and always be happy in the most powerful mandate. top of the country. ” . “

After the speech, without mentioning a specific authority, Marco Aurélio said that “there is no way to separate the Supreme Court from its members.”

“Austerity has been a public mark since the time of the empire. The size of the office imposes a discreet action as common sense,” he said.

In another passage, the STF minister also said that “every commander must know how to listen, being the greatest reference and, at the same time, a sailor like any other.”

“The divergence is inherent in the legal universe, in the facts, in social relations. The dialogue between peers dignifies and legitimizes the decision-making process,” he said.

Marco Aurélio also said that “outside the Charter of the Republic there is no solution, only arbitrariness and authoritarianism.”

“I believe in the Brazilian people, in the institutions. […] Let us put aside apathy, discredit, hopelessness. The best days will not be long, “he said.

“Society aims and demands the correction of directions, but this will happen without setbacks. It does not advance culturally by closing the Federal Constitution, under penalty of avenging the law of the strongest. […], not to mention trafficked of all kinds, where are we going to stop? It is unknown. The horizon is bleak. I am optimistic, according to the legal system, without improvisation, without subtleties. That is the price to pay for living in a democratic state of law. “

>> See in the video below the inauguration of Fux as the new president of the STF:

This year, Bolsonaro participated in demonstrations in Brasilia calling for the closure of the Federal Supreme Court and the National Congress, anti-democratic and unconstitutional guidelines.

Bolsonaro also spoke at a rally calling for a military intervention.

Speaking on Independence Day last Monday (7), the president said he was committed to the Constitution, democracy, and freedom.