The Attorney General of São Paulo, Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira e Costa, 65, won this Saturday (11) the internal election to form the triple list that will be sent to governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), responsible for nominating the head of the MP-SP (of the State of São Paulo) for the 2026-2028 biennium.
Oliveira e Costa received 1,305 votes, against 456 from Criminal Justice Attorney Marco Antônio Ferreira Lima, 63, the only opponent in the dispute. In percentage terms, it is the biggest victory in the history of the election, according to the Public Ministry.
Participation was 96.6% of the 2,071 prosecutors and attorneys eligible to vote. The election took place electronically, from 9 am to 5 pm.
According to the Organic Law of the São Paulo Public Ministry, the governor is obliged to choose a name from the triple list — unlike the federal model, in which the president can nominate someone from outside. Despite the apparent contradiction of there being only two names in the dispute, the process will indicate which of them received the most votes among the pairs, although Tarcísio has the freedom to choose between them. Oliveira e Costa himself, appointed in 2024, was the one on the occasion.
As shown by Sheet in March, the internal assessment at MP-SP is that the most likely scenario is , seen as close to Tarcísio.
With almost four decades in the Public Ministry, Oliveira e Costa has been a prosecutor for Habeas Corpus and Criminal Writs of Mandamus, deputy attorney general of Justice, director of the Escola Superior do MP-SP and director of the São Paulo Public Ministry Association.
The current Attorney General also has a foot in politics. He was Secretary of Social Development for the City of São Paulo in the municipal government of and directed Febem (currently Fundação Casa) in the management of the state.
HAS Sheet He stated that his priorities would be to deepen the victim-centered policy and expand actions to financially stifle crime and reach the top floor. He also mentioned the importance of combating .
“I am very happy, the result of the vote is the recognition of a lot of united work, the result of a great effort in the area of combating crime. I am calmly waiting for the governor’s choice, in an act of respect”, he said on Saturday night, after the vote.
