On the day of the September 7th Parade, on the Ministries Esplanade, Supreme Court Minister Edson Fachin spoke with President Lula and said in advance that he would take tough measures to contain the tensions at the court, which were getting out of control. The conversation took place during the national holiday.
The following Monday, the two main controversies of the week at the STF had not yet exploded. The first was the decision by Minister André Mendonça to remove Andrei Rodrigues from his position as executive director of the Federal Police. The second was the decision by Minister Flávio Dino to reinstate him to the post.
The article indicates that tensions at the court were running high and that Fachin was seeking to act preventively to try to calm the atmosphere at the court. Andrei Rodrigues was at the center of the controversy between the conflicting decisions of the two ministers.
