The plenary session of the Senate will decide whether the nominations of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) for the vacant seats of Ministers Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) It will be welcomed. This Tuesday (22), the Commission on the Constitution and Justice (CCJ) questioned the names of Judges Messud Azoulay and Paolo Sergio Dominguez, but the final decision will be taken by the senators.
Behind the scenes, allies of the newly elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party), are trying to convene the next plenary session of the legislature. Thus, the pitistas will have the opportunity to submit nominations. However, the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), has already shown that he is already inclined to direct the Saturdays in the coming days.
Deliberations on the appointment of Azoulay and Dominguez were ready before this year’s elections, but have been postponed. “The electoral process has, in fact, made it difficult for us to hold a meeting on Saturday,” declared CCJ President Senator Devi Alcolumber (União Brasil-AP).
During this period, the justices held several meetings with parliamentarians, defending their candidacies and trying to remove political bias. Internal conversations continue with the aim of consolidating the outcome.
Azoulay Neto is the President of the Federal Regional Court for District Two and his candidacy was unanimously approved by the CCJ. Should the plenary be confirmed, the vacant position of retired Minister Nabulao Nunes Maya Filho will be filled by the judge. At the hearing, Azoulay called himself a guarantor judge “committed to complying with the Constitution and to the uncompromising defense of individual rights and guarantees and the protection of citizens from possible abuses by the state.”
Domingues’ nomination was approved by a vote of 26 to 1. He is a judge of the Federal Territorial Court for District 3 (TRF3) and is seeking to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Minister Navy Cordero. During the presentation, he stressed the need for dialogue between countries “to preserve the stability of the republic.” “There are limits to the performance of each country, and we are aware of this in our daily activities and in the dialogue between institutions.”
Other indications
In addition to the Syrian Ministers for Truth and Justice, the nomination of Labor Judge Liana Shayeb for the position of Minister in the Supreme Labor Court (TST) was unanimously approved. The reappointment of Attorney Engels Augusto Muñiz to the National Council of Public Prosecutors (CNMP) had 1 vote against, 1 abstention and 25 in favor. In the case of attorney Luiz Fernando Bandeira de Melo Filho’s leave to the National Council of Justice (CNJ), 26 senators voted in favor and one abstained.
The Saturdays were accompanied by the President of the Federal Court for Truth and Justice, Minister Maria Teresa de Assis Moura, Humberto Martins and Marco Buzzi, the Syrian Ministers for Truth and Justice, and Minister Nunes Marquez at the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
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