Senators asked to advance the questions to the AGU by one day due to the May 1st holiday
A Saturday of the Advocate General of the Union, Jorge Messiasin the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Senate, for the Federal Supreme Court (STF) returned for next Wednesday (29). The information was reported by the newspaper The Globe and confirmed by Young Pan.
Initially, . In the last session of the CCJ, on Wednesday (15), senators asked to advance questions to the AGU for the 28th due to the proximity to the May 1st holiday.
Subsequently, the president of the CCJ, senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), understood that the date would not interfere the work of the Legislature and rescheduled the hearing for the original date.
Favorable report
On April 14, Senator Weverton Rocha (PDT-MA) replaced the vacancy left by former minister Luis Roberto Barroso. “It is unnecessary, at this point, to highlight the enormous importance and responsibility of this rapporteurship and the role of this committeegiven the immense challenges that the current Brazilian historical period presents and the fact, which we all recognize, of being decisive role of the Supreme Court in Brazilian democracy”, highlighted the rapporteur in the document sent to the collegiate.
asked about the voting score in the Plenary, Weverton did not risk anticipating a likely configuration, but assessed that the climate among colleagues is favorable to the approval of Messiah, .
“He meets all requirements: [possui] notorious legal knowledge, he has an unblemished reputation, he is the Union’s attorney general, he is a young person with a brilliant career”, the senator declared to journalists.
After Weverton’s interview, Messias said he received the stipulated calendar “with optimism and serenity”. O AGU thanked to the presidents of the Senate, the CCJ and the rapporteur of the process. “Until the date of the Sabbath, I will continue seeking frank and open dialogue with all 81 senators, in a respectful, transparent and purposeful manner”, he declared.
Indication
The head of the Executive, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), appointed Messias to the position of minister of the STF in November 21, 2025. The following month, the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP), .
Officially, the parliamentarian declared that the federal government had not sent the indication message. However, Alcolumbre had preference for the name of senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSB-MG) for Barroso’s vacancy.
As Weverton reiterated, the Planalto to the Senate days before Holy Week.
Who is Jorge Messias?
O AGU gained notoriety in 2016when the then president Dilma Rousseff said to Lulain a call recorded by the Federal Police (PF), which would send the “Bessiah” to take possession “in case of need”. At the time, Messias was deputy head of Legal Affairs at the Presidency of the Republic and the current head of the Executive was investigated by Operation Lava Jato.
Jorge Rodrigo Araújo Messias, 45 years old, was born in Recife, Pernambuco. Graduated in right from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). Has titles master and doctor in development, society and international cooperation from the University of Brasília (UnB). Since 2007, it is public prosecutor of the National Treasury.
Messiah was also sous chef Analysis and Monitoring of Government Policies of the Civil House, secretary of Regulation and Supervision from the Ministry of Health e legal consultant for the Education and Science, Technology and Innovation departments. The AGU also worked on Attorney General’s Office of the National Treasury and the Attorney General’s Office of the Central Bank.
On January 1, 2023, Messias took over as Attorney General of the Union. Married and father of two children, the AGU is evangelical and attends the Baptist Church. His religion was seen as Lula’s nod to the community.
