The dispute between Supreme Court Justices André Mendonça and Flavio Dino, who within less than 24 hours removed and reinstated Andrei Rodrigues as head of the Federal Police, contributes to worsening the Court's crisis and weakens the institution's image, according to experts. The conflict created a scenario of uncertainty that justified the STF president's, Edson Fachin's, decision to suspend both rulings on Wednesday.
In the assessment of Wallace Corbo, professor of Constitutional Law at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Uerj), the sequence of rulings—which also includes that of Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who ordered an investigation against Mendonça—tested the Court's limits. According to Corbo, the situation "creates institutional chaos," raising the question of which ruling effectively prevails.
