The unprecedented crisis at the Supreme Federal Court (STF) came to dominate the two main presidential campaigns. On one side, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) initially sought to distance himself from the Court's tensions before calling for a complete lifting of secrecy in the Master Case and defending the investigation of magistrates whose performance is under suspicion.
Candidate Flavio Bolsonaro (PL) defended André Mendonça's role at the court and directed attacks at Alexandre de Moraes, with a focus on preserving the STF as an institution. The STF ministers are participating in an in-person plenary session to analyze the Federal Police (PF) report that identified Alexandre de Moraes as an interlocutor of Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master.
Lula gradually raised the tone of his statements. In his first public remarks about the crisis, in a video recorded on September 3rd, the Workers' Party candidate tried to position himself as neutral regarding the court's internal conflict.
