Minister Alexandre de Moraes, president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), said on the night of this Friday, 10, that the Electoral Justice continues to combat anti-democratic acts against the rule of law and “cowardly attacks on institutions” after the elections. last year’s presidential elections. Moraes also said that the Judiciary will continue to act in a serious, impartial and firm manner, “the hate speeches, lies and madness of some sectors of our society”.
“The Electoral Justice continues to prepare to combat anti-democratic acts against the rule of law, cowardly attacks, violence against institutions, the Electoral Justice and its members. The Electoral Justice will continue to act in a serious, impartial and firm manner, hate speech, lies and madness of some sectors of our society”, he affirmed.
The minister stressed that Justice will not admit “any injury to Democracy in Brazil”.
“Brazil must return to being a country of dialogue, respect and peace. The consequences of hatred and violence are emptiness and hurt. Violent extremists are emptiness and will return to emptiness. In the 2022 election, misinformation lost. fake news lost. They were not definitively defeated, but they lost. Democracy and respect for the rule of law won”, he said.
Moraes participated in the award ceremony of honorary medals at the Palácio da Democracia, future headquarters of the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro (TRE-RJ), in downtown Rio.
The president of the Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro, Judge Elton Leme, handed over the Electoral Merit Medal and the Commemorative Medal for the 90th anniversary of Electoral Justice to “people who provided relevant services to the Electoral Justice, to the electoral legal culture and to democracy”. Twenty-seven people were honored.
