The Federal Council of the federal council meets on Friday (31) in Brasilia to confirm the reelection of Beto Simonetti for a new three-year term at the head of the presidency of the institution.
Without an opposition candidacy being achieved sufficient support to run, the election has a unique plate, in an electoral system that is recurrently targeted by criticism in part of the law and the entity.
also without an opponent, Simonetti occupied at the time the position of secretary general of the entity.
Although the lack of competition is something already common, an aspect that distinguishes the scenario this year is that, for the first time, at least since redemocratization, the president who is in charge of the entity competes for reelection.
Although practically reelected, Simonetti still needs to receive the votes of the majority of the Plenary of the OAB, consisting of 81 federal counselors, three from each state and the Federal District.
The last year in which two plates played the presidency was in 2013, when.
Since then, there has been a sequence of unique plates, with the maintenance of the same group in power, having been and, following ,.
While the management of his predecessor was marked by criticism of the then government (), Simonetti avoided spotlight and coping position.
The exception to this more discreet and behind -the -scenes profile was yours, as when it stated that a.
The entity also sent a letter to a suggestion of PEC (proposal for amendment to the Constitution) to ensure that lawyers can do, after negatives in the Supreme who had the protagonism of Moraes.
Under the presidency of Simonetti, the OAB was against the extent that it imposed when the platform was suspended.
From the institutional point of view, Simonetti is described as skilled in negotiations and meeting the claims of state OABs.
The law requires the support of at least six state OAB presidents for the application registration. Many of the sectional depend on transfers from the national entity to maintain and carry out works, which helps to explain part of the to compete.
In both 2021 and last year, there were states that tried to bring support for an opposition candidacy, but to no avail.
While the one is by direct vote of law, the national is indirect, and in a format that gives the same weight to all states.
Critics to the way the system has been defending changes in the entity’s electoral system in recent years, such as the approval of direct elections, which would depend on approval of the.
Although it needs a change in the law, there is the defense by critics to the current model that the agenda should be appreciated before by the OAB council – the theme, however, was not taken ahead throughout this last management.
On the other hand, there is the opinion that the way the system currently works enables representatives of smaller states to occupy relief positions.
In addition to Simonetti in the presidency, lawyers Felipe Sarmento Cordeiro (for vice-president), Roseline Rabelo de Jesus Morais (secretary-general), Christina Cordeiro dos Santos (Assistant Secretary-General) and Délio Fortes and Silva Júnior (Secretary-Secretary), and Silva Júnior (Secretary-Secretary General) ( Treasurer Director).
In addition to the unusual fact involving reelection, unlike other years, where the five directors composing the plate were one from each region of the country, this time, there are two representatives of the Northeast and none in the southern region.
Another factor pointed out as important by critics is that there is discretion of the National Board for the distribution of resources between states, without rules that give security and predictability.
On the Nacional OAB website, there are no details about how much each section receives each month, just a compilation of the whole year, adding them all. Budget disclosure is a gap in the transparency portal. Although it is already at the beginning of 2025, there is no document published with the approved budget for 2024.
Questioned by Sheet About the absence of 2024 budget data on the site, on the transfers with each section, the OAB did not speak.
The entity holds its own nature that influences the way it deals with money. It has a public service, but not submitted to the rules and controls imposed on the public administration, such as accountability to.
Graduated in Law from Nilton Lins University and a postgraduate degree in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure from UFAM (Federal University of Amazonas), Simonetti is a native crime lawyer of Manaus.
