Federal Justice in DF orders the judge to immediately analyze the request for the removal of Minister Ricardo Salles | federal District

The lawsuit was filed by the Public Ministry of the Federation more than three months ago and, as of this Tuesday (13), there was still no decision on the request (see below). The magistrate also put the case on the agenda for the October 27 trial. The action will be analyzed by the 3rd Panel of the Court.

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TO G1, the Environment Ministry said that “the PGR and the STF have already recognized that there is not even a real indication of the fact attributed to the minister.”

The MPF sued the courts in July, alleging that Ricardo Salles promoted a “deliberate alteration of structures to protect the environment.”

“If there is no precautionary removal of the accused from the position of Minister of the Environment, the exponential and alarming increase in deforestation in the Amazon, a direct consequence of the deliberate dismantling of public policies aimed at protecting the environment, can lead to the Amazon Rainforest to a ‘point’ “. no return ‘, a situation in which the forest can no longer regenerate, ”prosecutors said.

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The request was presented to the Federal Court of Brasilia, but the judge ordered it to be sent to the Judicial Section of Santa Catarina, because a similar request was already pending on the site. The MPF appealed and the judge, Ney Bello, determined that the action should remain in the capital.

In September, the MPF demanded a decision, claiming that keeping Salles in office would harm initiatives to preserve the environment. “The continuation of the accused Ricardo Aquino Salles as Minister of the Environment has brought, every day, tragic consequences to environmental protection, especially due to the alarming increase in deforestation, especially in the Amazon rainforest.”

On the occasion, Judge Márcio de França Moreira argued that there was no final decision on the jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Brasilia, and not that of Santa Catarina, to analyze the case. Therefore, he said that he could not analyze the request for removal presented by the MPF.

Then prosecutors turned to TRF-1 again. In the decision, Judge Ney Bello understood that the requirements to grant the precautionary measure are met. However, he understood that, first, the request must be analyzed in the first instance.

“However, in order not to incur an undue suppression of the process, I believe that the application should be analyzed by the application of origin, which allows the competent judicial body to resolve it in a conflict of jurisdiction.”

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