The Federal Senate is preparing to vote next week on a project that changes the Impeachment Law, dating from 1950.
The proposal, which is for 2023, was raised to the top of the list of priorities after the minister’s recent decision that makes it difficult to remove magistrates from the Supreme Court.
The president of the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ), Otto Alencar, has already confirmed that senator Weverton Rocha’s report will be voted on next Wednesday (10).
Allies of the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil), argue that the proposal be voted on in plenary before the year-end parliamentary recess.
The issue in question was presented by Senator Rodrigo Pacheco and underwent public hearings and analysis by a commission of jurists, which included the active participation of Ricardo Lewandowski, shortly after he left the Supreme Court.
The proposal expands the crimes of responsibility that can result in the removal of the President of the Republic and increases the list of authorities subject to an impeachment process, including judges, judges and members of the Public Ministry.
Senate reaction may go beyond the Impeachment Law
The movement in the Senate is not just limited to changes in the .
Senators also articulate a Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) that modifies the rules for appointing ministers to the STF and establishes a maximum length of stay at the Court.
The starting point for this articulation is a PEC presented this week by Carlos Portinho, curiously one day before Gilmar Mendes’ decision.
The proposal limits the president’s autonomy to choose a Court minister, establishing that the head of the Executive would decide on three names from a list of six nominees defined by the National Council of Justice.
The Senate would have the final say, electing one of the three nominated by the president.
This movement occurs amid tensions between the Senate and the Palácio do Planalto over the nomination of Jorge Messias for the open vacancy in the Supreme Court.
Gilmar Mendes’ decision to withdraw the Senate’s prerogative over impeachment requests from members of the Court intensified the climate of institutional confrontation, accelerating the voting process on the project that amends the Impeachment Law.
