Gilmar Mendes

"... him. Recent national surveys show 77 percent of Brazilians want him out. The president's strategists also want a secret vote to shield legislators from public embarrassment for defending Collor. Gilmar Mendes, a presidential spokesman, told reporters that Pinheiro had "invented" new impeachment rules “without legal basis” by speeding up the process and ordering an open vote. South African president calls for ..."

"... the national intelligence service was accused of tapping the phones of the Supreme Court chief and other top officials. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes for more than two hours Monday after the Veja newsweekly published transcripts of what it said was a conversation between Mendes and opposition Sen. Demostenes Torres. According to the magazine. Torres was asking Mendes for help in overturning a decision to keep a witness from appearing before his senate committee Investigating ..."