Despite the Lula government’s complaint about the failure to schedule the hearing of Jorge Messias, candidate for membership of the Supreme Constitutional Court, the deadline set by the President of the Senate, Davi Alcolombre (Uniao-AP), does not deviate from the criterion of a majority of open vacancies on the Court.
Lula nominated Messias on November 20, and he will be heard on December 10, that is, 20 days later.
This period is the same as other members of the STF, such as Cristiano Zanin, in 2023, and Gilmar Mendes, in 2002.
There have been faster hearings, such as those of Nunes Márquez (19 days in 2020), Flavio Dino (17 days in 2023), Alexandre de Moraes (16 days in 2017), and Dias Toffoli (14 days in 2009). Carmen Lucia (14 days, in 2006) and Louise Fox – the fastest, with a difference of only 9 days since their nomination, in 2011.
Of the current composition of the STF, only two sessions took longer than Mesías’ session: the session of Edson Fachin, with 29 days in 2015, and the session of André Mendonça, with 4 months and 19 days in 2021, due to the interruption of Alcolombre, who chaired the Constitution and Justice Committee at that time.
Lula’s government is trying to delay Messias’ hearing at the Central Court of Justice so that he has more time to make his name viable among senators, despite Alclumbri’s campaign to defeat him.
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