The minister Luís Roberto Barroso stated this Thursday (9), after his retirement from the STF (Supreme Federal Court), that the Supreme “never pleases everyone”. The statement was made to the press after the decision was announced.
“The Supreme Court is always displeasing some area”, said Barroso. “Either we please the feminists or we please the evangelicals“, adding that, “if there is one way in this life of not pleasing is to try to please everyone.”
“Some degree of protagonism and excessive public exposure sometimes displeases even the Court itself, and me. However, this institutional arrangement with this role of the Supreme Court was what guaranteed the country 33 years of institutional stability in Brazilian life”, added the minister.
During the speech in the plenary of the Supreme Court, Barroso mentioned that he was retiring for personal reasons.
The minister, present at the Court for 12 years, said that there are “sacrifices” e “onus” of the role that ends up falling to family members, and which now intends to turn to literature, poetry, spirituality and an academic career.
Luís Roberto Barroso’s departure from the STF
Days after leaving the presidency of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), minister Luís Roberto Barroso, who had been at the Court for 12 years, announced his retirement during this Thursday’s plenary session (9).
Currently 67 years old, Barroso could stay at the Court until he is 75 years old. Now,
The candidate will have to fulfill the following requirements:
- the candidate must be over 35 years old and under 75 years old;
- have recognized legal knowledge, the so-called notable legal knowledge;
- have an unblemished reputation, that is, be a reputable and upright person.
There is no deadline required for the President of the Republic to appoint a minister. A recent example is that of former president Dilma Rousseff, who took about a minute to nominate the current magistrate Edson Fachin for the vacancy that belonged to Joaquim Barbosa in 2015.
With Lula’s choice, however, the possible new minister of the Federal Supreme Court would not automatically assume the chair.
It represents an indication, and still needs to go through a hearing at the Senate’s CCJ (Constitution and Justice Committee), responsible for approving or disapproving the nomination.
After that, if the name is approved, he goes to the Senate plenary, where he needs the favorable votes of 41 of the 81 senators to become a new minister.
