The president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil – AP), stated this Tuesday, 4th, that the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) and the plenary of the Federal Senate will analyze, next week, the reappointment of Paulo Gonet as head of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
Gonet has already served a term as Attorney General of the Republic and was once again recommended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) to resume command of the PGR.
Despite the president’s nomination, confirmation depends on the Senate, a process that begins in the CCJ and concludes in the plenary. If approved, Gonet will remain ahead of the PGR for another two years.
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Senator Omar Aziz (PSD) is the case’s rapporteur. The Senate plenary, currently chaired by senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), will analyze the report, which is scheduled to be read this Wednesday, 5th.
The expectation is that the senators will request a view, but the agenda should return to the house next week.
Who is Gonet
Paulo Gonet has a degree in Law from the University of Brasília (UnB) and has worked as a professor for over 35 years. He was an advisor to the then Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Francisco Rezek between 1983 and 1987. Approved first in the competition, he has been a career civil servant since 1987, having been promoted to Deputy Attorney General of the Republic in 2012.
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During his tenure at the head of the PGR, Gonet forwarded several actions to the STF, including the complaint against the coup plot that aimed to attack the Democratic Rule of Law, which culminated in the sentencing of former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and 3 months in prison.
Gonet, has a master’s degree in International Human Rights from the University of Essex (United Kingdom) and a PhD in Law from the University of Brasília (UnB). Author of several articles and publications in the legal and constitutional area, he received, alongside minister Gilmar Mendes, the Jabuti Prize in 2008, with the book Curso de Direito Constitucional.
