Facing a hostile environment in the Senate, which overturned a series of presidential vetoes and He threatens to reject Jorge Messias’ candidacy As for the Federal Supreme Court (STF), President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is considering making a “calming gesture” to smooth out the edges with Davi Alcolombre (Uniao Brasil-AP): personally handing the president of Congress the “message to the Senate” in which he officially informs of Messias’ appointment to the court.
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“It’s not about Lula stepping down, it’s about promoting the president of the Senate,” says one Messias ally, who closely follows the behind-the-scenes moves in the House of Representatives. Even the voters who are directly involved in approving Messias secretly admit that today he does not have the 41 votes needed to confirm his candidacy in the plenary session.
Around Alcolombre, who had already been informed of Lula’s intention, this gesture was interpreted as “a signal that Lula wants to talk” to try to overcome the resistance not only from Alcolombre, but from a large wing of the Chamber of Deputies that favored the choice of Senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG) for the vacancy that opened with Luis Roberto Barroso’s early retirement.
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“Of course, the agenda of the President of the Republic cannot be rejected. Especially if Lula asks to go to the official residence of the Senate,” said one of the interlocutors from Alcolombre who heard him privately on the blog, highlighting the symbolism of Lula going to Alcolombre, and not the other way around.
The “message to the Senate” is a formal tool used by the head of the executive branch to communicate with the legislative branch, including reporting the nomination of the STF – something Planalto has not yet done before the Senate. This sparked outrage in the Senate and Alcombre was seen as a possible maneuver by Lula to prevent a meeting of Messias on the 10th.
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As the blog predicted, the hearing and vote on Christ in plenary session was scheduled for the 10th, as well The Colombian strategy is not to give the AGU minister Enough time to mobilize evangelical leaders, cabinet members and even Supreme Court ministers to overcome resistance to his name.
In practice, the Colombri gave Mesías only 15 days to make his pilgrimage through the Senate and garner support for his candidacy.
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The President of the Senate “does not want to make the same mistake” that he would have made when appointing Andre Mendonça to the STF, in 2021, an interviewer from Alcolombre stated in an exclusive interview with the blog.
On that occasion, Alcolombre put Mendonça on the back burner for four months and postponed scheduling the hearing, which gave him plenty of time to search for senators, rally allies and shift votes to secure approval – albeit by a narrow margin, with 47 votes in favour, just six too many.
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Mendonça helps Messias limit disapproval in the Senate, especially in the Bolsonian shock troops and in the opposition wing, which he considers “the ideological framework of the Workers’ Party” and “Lula and Dilma’s trusted man.”
Both are evangelical — Messias is a member of the Baptist church, while Mendonça is a Presbyterian minister.