Zanin suspends contest that limited participation of women

In response to a request from the Workers’ Party, Minister Cristiano Zanin, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) determined the suspension of a Military Police contest to be held in the Federal District.

The party claimed in the action that the local law that set a 10% limit for women’s participation in the PM’s staff is unconstitutional, and affronts gender equality.

In the decision, Zanin said that the limitation violates the Federal Constitution, which guarantees the same rights and obligations to men and women, and prohibits the differentiation of wages and admission criteria based on sex, age or color.

“In the present case, it is stated in the initial that, in addition to the reduced percentage of 10% of vacancies allocated to female candidates, the cut-off score initially foreseen in the notice of the competition for the classification had to be reduced in order to make it possible to fill all the vacancies. vacancies for male candidates, allowing them to enter the public service with grades much lower than those obtained by candidates of the opposite sex, in order to reveal, in summary analysis, a true affront to the principle of equality”, wrote Zanin.

With the decision, the next stages of the contest are suspended indefinitely. Initially, the result of the objective selection test and the candidates approved in the newsroom would be announced on Monday (04).