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2mo ago

Fux Denies Douglas Ruas Bid to Become Interim Governor of Rio

The decision preserves the Supreme Court’s prior order that Ricardo Couto remain acting governor pending the STF plenary’s resumed judgment.

Fux manteve o desembargador Ricardo Couto, presidente do TJ, como governador interinodo Rio de Janeiro.

Overview

  • Relator Luiz Fux denied Douglas Ruas’s request on Friday, May 29, leaving Ricardo Couto, president of the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice, in place as acting governor.
  • The plenary of the Supreme Court had already ruled on April 8 that Couto should remain exercising gubernatorial duties 'até nova deliberação', and Fux cited that instruction to reject the Alerj petition.
  • The full Supreme Court judgment on who should assume the governorship is suspended because Minister Flávio Dino filed a pedido de vista, and reporting says that hold could lapse in early July.
  • Ruas bases his claim on his re-election as president of the state assembly on April 27 and the Assembly’s argument that this was a 'fato novo' restoring the legislative spot in the statutory line of succession.
  • The practical effect is that Couto keeps control of Palácio Guanabara and state administration until the STF issues a final ruling, a situation that confers visibility and operational authority ahead of the October elections.