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Osmar Pires Martins Junior Organizer Lawfare - AnOsmar elite weapon Pires Martins for democracy Junior destruction Org. LAWFARELAWFARE An elite weapon for democracy destruction 1 Egress@s Publishing Osmar Pires Martins Junior Organizer LAWFARE An elite weapon for democracy destruction Egress@s SINT-IFESgo UFG Goiânia/GO - Brazil Egress@s Publishing, 2020 This book is a compilation of lectures and public debate held in the context of a seminar at the Federal University of Goiás State, in Brazil. Authors and co- authors express their rights to opinions and thoughts about different themes. Copyright © 2020 by Osmar Pires Martins Junior All rights reserved. Total or partial reproduction of the work, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the author is prohibited. EGRESS@S Euro Working Concept Building, 116 Setor Oeste, Goiânia/GO - Brazil E-mail: [email protected] ISBN 9788540032002 (Portuguese edition) 9788540032002(English edition) EDITORIAL COORDINATION Osmar Pires Martins Junior ENGLISH VERSION Roberta C. Cruvinel and Fernando F. Ferreira REVIEW AND PROOFREADING Fernando F. Ferreira International Publication Cataloging Data (CIP) GPT / BC / UFG L417 Lawfare - an elite weapon for democracy destruction. [eletronic resource] / Organizer, Osmar Pires Martins Junior. English version by Roberta Carvalho Cruvinel and Fernando Fagundes Ferreira. – Eletronic data. - Goiânia: Egress@s Publishing, 2020. 418 p.: il. Needs software for reading Includes bibliography ISBN: 9788540032002 1. Lawfare - Fundamental rights. 2. Democracy. 3. Human rights I. Martins Júnior, Osmar Pires. II. Cruvinel, Roberta Carvalho. III. Ferreira, Fernando Fagundes CDU: 342.7:321.7 Responsible librarian: Enderson Medeiros / CRB1: 2276 Design by Fernando F. Ferreira Cover photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Back cover photo by Ajibola on Unsplash CULTURAL SUPPORT ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS Osmar Pires Martins Junior (Org,) ACRONYMS ADUFG Sindicato – Union of Professors of the Federal Universities of Goiás AGU - Advocacy General of the Union AJUFE – Association of Federal Judges ANPR - National Association of Federal Public Prosecutors CA – Academic Center (entity representing students of a university course) CC – Civil Code CDC – Consumer Protection Code (Law 8.078/1990) CF/1988 – Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, promulgated on 1988 CNJ – National Council of Justice CNM – National Council of the Judiciary CNMP – National Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office CP – Penal Code CPC – Civil Procedure Code CPP – Penal Procedure Code DEM – Democratic Party DF – Federal District ECA – Child and Adolescent Statute (Law 8.069/90) FGV - Getúlio Vargas Foundation FUNAPE - UFG Research Support Foundation ICP/ACP - Civil Inquiry and Public Civil Action IPTSP - Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health of UFG IFES - Federal Institution of Higher Education LC – Complementary Law LIA – Administrative Improbity Act (Law 8.429/1992) LOMAN – Organic Law of the National Judiciary (LC 351/1979) LOMP – Organic Law of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Law 8,625/1993) MP/DF – Federal District Public Defenders MPE – Public Defenders of the the States MPF – Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office Lawfare - An elite weapon for democracy destruction MPM – Military Prosecutor’s Office MPT – Labor Public Prosecutor’s Office MPU – Public Defenders of the Union OAB - Brazilian Bar Association PCB – Communist Party of Brazil PGR – Attorney General’s Office PROIFES Federação – Federation of Teachers’ Unions of Higher Education and Basic, Technical and Technological Education Institutions of Brazil PSDB – Brazilian Social Democracy Party PT – Workers Party PUC – Pontifical Catholic University SINTEGO – Union of Education Workers in the State of Goiás SINT-IFESgo – Union of IFES Technical-Administrative in the State of Goiás STF – Supreme Federal Court STJ – Superior Court of Justice TAC - Conduct Adjustment Term TJE – State Court of Justice TRE – Regional Electoral Court TRF – Federal Regional Court TRT - Regional Labor Court TSE – Superior Electoral Court TST – Superior Labour Court UEG – State University of Goiás UERJ - State University of Rio de Janeiro UFG – Federal University of Goiás UFMA – Federal University of Maranhão UFPR – Federal University of Paraná UnB – Federal University of Brasilia UNE – National Union of Students Osmar Pires Martins Junior (Org.) SUMMARY ABOUT AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS .........................................13 DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................18 PREFACE I .................................................................................................19 John Comaroff, professor Harvard University, Cambridge - MA/USA PREFACE II ...............................................................................................21 Gilmar Mendes, minister of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) PREFACE III ...............................................................................................23 Felipe Santa Cruz, president of the Bar Council of Brasil (National OAB) PRESENTATION .......................................................................................25 Professor Edward Madureira Brasil, Dean of the Federal University of Goiás INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................28 Professors Helena Esser dos Reis and Osmar Pires Martins Junior CHAPTER 1 - DEMOCRACY DESTRUCTION - LAWFARE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF PERSECUTION Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa 1.1 The Basic Premisses of the Lawfare’s Practices ..............................31 1.2. The Lawfare Concept .........................................................................34 1.3 Material Basis .......................................................................................36 1.4 Lawfare in Brasil...................................................................................40 1.5 Conclusions...........................................................................................45 1.6 Interactive Debate.................................................................................49 8 Lawfare - An elite weapon for democracy destruction CHAPTER 2 - EXCEPTION COURTS - THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION Wilson Rocha Fernandes Assis 2.1 The Contemporary Brazilian Criminal Procedure ........................57 2.1.1 Interactive Debate ........................................................................75 THE SCANDALOUS CAR WASH OPERATION Leandro Demori 2.2 Findings of The Leak Series Vaza Jato ...............................................85 2.2.1 Interactive Debate ..........................................................................109 CRIMINAL LAW AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Bartira Macedo de Miranda | Virmondes Cruvinel Filho 2.3 Fundamental Rights and Guarantees of the Process ..................114 2.3.1 Interactive Debate ......................................................................118 CHAPTER 3 - LAWFARE INDEXED TO NEOLIBERAL CONTEXT - CRIMINAL LAW UNDER SUSPICION Jacson Zilio 3.1 The Corruption of Democracy’s Essence .....................................122 3.1.1 Interactive debate .......................................................................139 JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND VENGEFULNESS Caio Alcântara Pires Martins 3.2 A Demonizing Political Spectrum from Judiciary ..........................146 THE RISK TO REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY Elias Menta Macedo 3.3 Constitutional Rights Ignored ...........................................................156 3.3.1 Interactive Debate ..........................................................................160 9 Osmar Pires Martins Junior (Org.) CHAPTER 4 - LAWFARE AS COERCION - THE AGONY OF DEMOCRACY Eugênio Aragão 4.1 A Brief Retrospective of Lawfare in Brazil ...................................162 4.1.1 Interactive debate .......................................................................172 THE USE OF ILLEGITIMATE STATE POWER Igor Escher Pires Martins 4.2 How Lawfare Elect its Targets ........................................................185 4.2.1 Interactive Debate ........................................................................191 THE MAGISTERIUM UNDER ATTACK Nilton Brandão | Flávio Alves da Silva 4.3 The State of Exception and Neoliberalism ......................................192 4.3.1 Interactive Debate ..........................................................................198 CHAPTER 5 - LAWFARE AND PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITY - THE CRIMINAL LAW OF THE ENEMY Demóstenes Torres 5.1 The Police State ...............................................................................200 5.1.1 Interactive Debate .......................................................................209 LAWFARE DAMAGE TO AEDILITY AND CITIZENSHIP Anselmo Pereira 5.2 The City Council faces the TAC ..................................................218 PERSECUTION INSTITUTES Marcello Terto 5.3 The Nonsense Towards a Fine Legislation ................................230 10 Lawfare - An elite weapon for democracy destruction CHAPTER 6 - LAWFARE PARADIGMATIC CASE STUDY - VIOLATIONS TO LEGAL ORDER Osmar Pires | Eliomar Pires Martins | Igor Escher Pires Martins 6.1 Legal Opinion ..................................................................................233 CHAPTER 7 - ATTACKS TO THE NATIONS INTERESTS - LAWFARE AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY Roberto Requião 7.1 The Holy War Against the Constitution ........................................265 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Aldo Rebelo 7.2 Globalization Agenda Upheaval ......................................................275
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