Desconhecido: I remind you that the order of response was defined in a prior draw and will be alternated with each new question. The first to respond will be candidate Lula and the one asking the question is TV Cultura journalist Vera Magalhães.
Desconhecido: Good evening, candidates. Good evening to everyone. My question is about the relationship between the powers.
The separation and independence between the powers of the Republic is one of the Constitution's entrenched clauses.
Desconhecido: Even so, a series of proposals are pending in Congress that aim to change the composition of the Supreme Federal Tribunal, increasing the number of ministers or establishing terms that would end the life tenure of those members of the Supreme.
Desconhecido: These measures have been defended by some as a way to contain alleged abuses of the judiciary, but are also seen as threats to democracy by jurists and observers given how these practices occurred in countries like Venezuela or Hungary.