Minister took office as President of the Court and Alexandre de Moraes as deputy last Monday (29)
The president of minister said on Monday (29) that the Court will not let judgments and amendments that affront the Constitution. The statement was made during a speech of possession and occurs at the time when supporters of the They try to approve in Congress a norm to amnesty those convicted of the coup plot. “We will not hesitate to cross the truths of the facts to the truths of reason. At no time will we heed in the control of constitutionality of law or amendment that dismiss the constitution, fundamental rights and the democratic order,” he said.
In the inaugural speech, the new president also said that his management will be marked by dialogue with other powers and the defense of human rights. Nominated by then -President Dilma Rousseff, Edson Fachin took office in the Supreme Court in June 2015. The minister was born in Rondinha (RS), but made a legal career in Paraná, where he graduated from law from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR).
In the Supreme Court, he was a rapporteur for investigations of Operation Lava Jato, the temporal framework for indigenous land demarcations and the case known as ADPF of the favelas, an action in which several measures were adopted to reduce police lethality during operations against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro.
The minister will be in charge of the STF and the National Council of Justice (CNJ) until 2027, replacing the . The minister He also took office as vice president of the Court.
*With information from Agência Brasil
