CCJ Senate President says Mesías hearing could be postponed | policy

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution and Justice (CCJ), Otto Alencar (PSD-BA)He said today that the calendar for consideration of the appointment of the Attorney General of the Union (AGU), Jorge MessiasIt may fall due to the executive’s delay in sending the letter of appointment to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to the legislature. It was announced on Tuesday (25) that the hearing and vote in the plenary session will be held on December 10.

Alencar said: “The government has not transmitted the matter yet, no. We thought the matter would reach (the Federal Senate). It was published in the Official Gazette, but the President of the Republic signs it and sends it here. So, what we said yesterday will have no value, because there is no way to approve (the candidacy of Christ).” Even after its publication in the Official Journal of the Union, the AGU nomination must be sent to the Senate by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva through an official letter.

This Tuesday (25), the President of the International Court of Justice and the President of the Senate, Davi Alcolombre (Uniao-AP)He announced that the opinion of Mesías’ nomination would be read in the college next week and then voted on in committee on the tenth. If the nomination is approved, it will be presented to the plenary session for deliberation on the same day.

The government intends to leave the hearing until 2026 only with the aim of giving the African Union time to coordinate with senators to vote on his nomination. In a move seen as an insult to the government, the Amapa resident scheduled the hearing for the beginning of December.

As it turns out valueThe Colombian separated from the leader of the government in the Senate, Jack Wagner (PT-BA)Believing that the Bahian would have explained Lula’s choice of the name Christ. The Senate President wanted to appoint his number one ally, the Senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG).

The President of the Senate, through his advisor, did not comment on the possibility of postponing the announced calendar.