Will preside over the entity by 2028; Under his management, he took a critical tone to Moraes and contested PL Antiaborto and the Saidinhas
Criminal lawyer José Alberto Simonetti was reelected on Friday (31.jan.2025) President of the Federal Council of (Brazilian Bar Association). Had unanimously in the votes (81). Will be in office until 2028.
The plate “OAB Open Doors” It was the only one to compete. Others did not have enough support to postulate. It is necessary to have the endorsement of at least 6 state states of the entity to dispute.
To be elected, a plate needs to get a simple majority of the votes of the 81 federal counselors.
Here’s the composition of the elected plate:
- President: José Alberto Ribeiro Simonetti Cabral
- Vice-President: José Sarmento Cordeiro
- Secretary-General: ROSELINE RABELO DE JESUS MORAIS
- Deputy Secretary: Christina Cordeiro dos Santos
- treasurer: Délio Fortes Lins e Silva Júnior
After proclaiming the voting minutes, Simonetti briefly thanked the counselors that “They understood the strategic meaning of the Union”. Stated that the adherence of the class will lead them to “Win any attack on law”. He will take office on Saturday (1.FEV), an opportunity in which he will make a speech.
Simonetti acted as a lawyer in Amazonas. Before being president in 2022, he was a federal counselor of the sectional of his state and secretary general of the OAB Federal Council. It has also coordinated the order exam.
In its 1st management (2022-2025), the OAB is no longer required to account for the Federal Court of Audit (TCU) by decision of the Supreme Court (STF).
The reelected president was critical of the performance of court minister Alexandre de Moraes. , for example, the order of the magistrate that prohibited communication between investigated in the, which investigated one by the former president (PL).
Under Simonetti’s presidency, the OAB filed a Supreme request for the application of a $ 50,000 fine for those who used VPN (Virtual Private Network) to access X (former Twitter). The social network had been blocked in Brazil by decision of Moraes and endorsed by the 1st Panel of the Court.
The entity also against the bill, which equates abortion after 22 weeks with the crime of homicide, known as PL “Anti -border”. The text that limited temporary prisoners (PL) exits was also the target of OAB.
