Fachin defends “national pact” for security: “It’s not a problem for government A or B”

Minister Edson Fachin, president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and the National Council of Justice (CNJ), stated this Friday that there needs to be institutional cooperation and the depoliticization of public security and combating violence agendas.

During a commitment in the city of Bauru, which marked the advancement of the “Pena Justa” program in the state of São Paulo and the installation of new domestic violence courts, the minister was emphatic in defending that the issue transcends political differences. On his way out, the minister was asked about the mega police operation in Rio de Janeiro that ended in at least 121 deaths.

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As “relevant criminal history”, said secretary, are people involved in drug trafficking, robbery and murder

— In fact, it is essential that there is institutional cooperation at all levels and that minor differences in the situation are left aside. Dealing with violence and dealing with public security is not a situational problem for government A or government B, it is a structural problem for the State and Brazilian society — he said.

In the statement, Fachin highlighted the need for the three powers — Executive, Legislative and Judiciary — to join efforts in a systemic way to deal with the security crisis and the prison system.

The president of the STF also highlighted the citizen’s fundamental right to security, highlighting the role of authorities in ensuring the population’s peace of mind.

— Brazilian society and the entire population have a fair interest in living in peace, in going out to work safely, in returning home at night without fear of returning. And authorities and people in public roles have this duty, and the Brazilian Judiciary will not shy away from doing its part – he stated.

Fachin was the rapporteur of the so-called ADPF das Favelas and was the one who, in 2020, issued the decision that restricted police operations in communities and favelas in Rio de Janeiro during the Covid-19 pandemic, determining that the use of force was justified and that the Public Ministry was notified in advance.

Subsequently, the STF plenary transformed this restriction into permanent measures, establishing the obligation of a plan to reduce police lethality by the state government.

When the merits of the action were judged in April this year, a new, more flexible proposal was approved by the plenary and minister Luís Roberto Barroso became rapporteur. With Barroso’s retirement, the case was without a report and began to be handled, on an emergency basis, by Minister Alexandre de Moraes.