President of the Senate, who defended Rodrigo Pacheco’s name, reportedly called opponents asking for rejection of the current AGU
The president of the National Congress, (União-AP) is “very irritated” with the nomination to the Federal Supreme Court (). The information was confirmed by the report with sources from the Brazilian parliament.
Alcolumbre would have even called some names in the opposition to get them to work against the approval of Messias. And at the time he would have even declared that he would vote against it.
So far, Alcolumbre has not commented on the nomination of . However, he announced on Thursday’s holiday (20) – on the same day as the announcement – the vote on the project that creates a special pension for Health and Endemic Diseases agents, which could represent more expenses for the government, as it tries to readjust the accounts to meet the fiscal target.
Alcolumbre’s favorite candidate was (PSD-MG). The Minas Gerais senator met with Lula last Monday (18), when the president announced his decision and reinforced his interest in having him as an ally running for government next year, but Pacheco even raised the possibility of leaving politics.
Alcolumbre also met with Lula at a dinner after the departure of former minister Luís Roberto from the STF. During the conversation, the president showed a kind of “voting map” in an attempt to convince Lula to change his mind, once the “proof” of the difficulty of approving the name of Messiah was illustrated.
However, Lula decided to go against the senators. As the report had shown, weeks ago, the .
Now, the government leader in the Senate, (PT-BA), is putting together a strategy to “kiss hands” with Messiah. This is what they call the candidate’s pilgrimage to the senators’ offices in the corridors of the Upper House. Wagner has the support of senator Eliziane Gama (PSD-MA), also an evangelical, like Messias.
They want to show that the current Attorney General of the Union has a profile that meets the requirements for the position (unblemished reputation and notorious legal knowledge); in addition to being willing to dialogue in search of conciliation; The fact that Messiah is Christian and discreet, in the view of his allies, counts in his favor.
This is Lula’s third appointment in this third term as president to the Federal Supreme Court. In 2023, when he appointed the former Minister of Justice and Public Security, to replace Rosa Weber, he had already encountered difficulties. Dino was approved with 47 votes in the plenary, just 6 more than necessary.
Recently, the Attorney General of the Republic, was approved for reappointment to the position with just 45 votes, four more than the minimum necessary.
The evangelical minister of the STF, , spoke out on his social networks on Thursday, saying that he will support Messias for a republican dialogue with the senators.
