“I love a man who says I can be in charge”

The minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Cármen Lúcia, said that she “loves” it when a man says she can be in charge. The joking speech was a response to a comment made by Minister Flávio Dino, also in a joking tone, about the voting order in a case judged in the First Panel, this Tuesday (1).

“Minister Cármen announced her intention to request a view and I would like to consult your excellency [Cristiano Zanin, presidente da Turma] and herself [Cármen Lúcia]because I would like to wait for her sight. But if she wants me to vote, I’ll vote. In other words, she is in charge when I vote”, said Dino.

Cármen Lúcia replied: “I love a man saying that I can boss him around. You don’t even calculate how much.”

Dino amended it by saying that he “trains” obedience every day at home with his wife and that “it works”.

Cármen Lúcia replied: “Two might be even better”.

After the jokes, minister Cármen Lúcia agreed with minister Flávio Dino and said that she would listen to her colleague’s vote after reviewing the process.

The process analyzed deals with an action by the Brazilian Food Industry Association (Abia) against a resolution by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa).

During the discussion on the topic, Dino asked Cármen Lúcia’s permission to vote, since the minister had already signaled that she would request a view.

Dino already made fun of Moraes

This is not the first time that Dino has played pranks during the First Class trial.

In June, when analyzing a criminal complaint filed by Bolsonaro deputy Gustavo Gayer (PL-GO) against fellow parliamentarian José Nelto (PP-GO), Flávio Dino made fun of the lack of hair on minister Alexandre de Moraes, then president of the First Class.

“It’s not something that’s been going on for decades. Here, we all sport gray hair, except the president [Alexandre de Moraes]of course, because it is an impossible crime”, said Dino during his presentation.

At the time, Dino normalized accusations of Nazism and fascism.

Dino said that, in his view, calling someone “Nazi” or “fascist” does not constitute a crime. According to the judge, the accusations do not “have the character of a personal offense to the point of characterizing slander, insult and defamation”.