Members of the Lula government and allies of the president say they expect reciprocity from opposition senators in the process of approving the new minister of the (Federal Supreme Court), especially if it is
They cite the support given in 2021 to André Mendonça, nominated by then president Jair Bolsonaro.
A group aligned with Lula, Prerogativas, which brings together progressive jurists, did not campaign against Mendonça at the time, with the argument that the choice was the president’s constitutional right. Subsequently, the entity approached the minister and even organized a dinner in his honor.
“The PT respected indications that Bolsonaro made. There was a constitutional provision, which was being respected. In the case of André Mendonça, we worked hard so that the right and duty to make the choice, which are a constitutional prerogative of the president, could be respected and not even used against us later”, says Marco Aurélio Carvalho, coordinator of Prerogativas.
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