The party in celebration of the presidency of the (Superior Electoral Court) had a show by masters of the , with the right to the magistrate’s “straw”, adaptations in the lyrics of classics of the musical style and few ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court) present.
The artists Jorge Aragão, Sombrinha, Dudu Nobre and Ivo Meirelles paid homage to the new president of the TSE with the chorus “ô-ô-ô-ô Kassio Nunes arrived ô-ô”, changing the chorus of “Exaltação à Mangueira”, by Jamelão, a stronghold of the samba school.
At another point in the show, on Tuesday night (12), they sang “Moleque Atrevido”, composed by Aragão himself, changing the line “respect those who can reach where we have reached” for “respect those who can reach where Kassio has reached”.
At one point, the minister himself went on stage and sang the samba song “É Hoje”. Jokingly, guests at the event said that he would be displacing retired minister Luís Roberto Barroso, who also liked to perform on stage, as occurred on the occasion of his inauguration as president of the STF.
The majority of court magistrates, in fact, did not attend the celebration. In addition to Kassio and minister André Mendonça, who took office as vice-president of the TSE, only the dean of the court, minister Gilmar Mendes, was present.
Gilmar was with his girlfriend, the minister of the TST (Superior Labor Court) Morgana de Almeida. His former partner, Guiomar Feitosa, also attended the event, as well as the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, and ministers from the STJ (Superior Court of Justice).
From the political world, federal deputies (PP-AL) and Orlando Silva (PCdoB-SP) and the president of União Brasil, Antônio Rueda, were present.
The singer, a friend of the minister, was loved by those present, as was Xande Avião, former singer of the band Aviões do Forró.
Kassio celebrated the moment at a dinner organized in honor of him by the (Association of Federal Judges of Brazil). Each ticket cost R$800 and the available quantity was sold out this Tuesday.
The party takes place in what has the capacity to receive up to 800 guests. Before the celebration, Nunes Marques received 1,500 authorities at the TSE.
Fillet in Madeira sauce and sea bass in lemon sauce were served as main dishes, wine from the brand Angelica Zapata and sparkling wine from Casa Valduga
The minister was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2020 and his choice was influenced by senators Flávio Bolsonaro and (PP-PI), one of the centrão leaders in Congress. At the time, the then federal judge was campaigning for a vacancy on the .
He is 53 years old and born in Teresina (PI). Before arriving at the Supreme Court, he was a judge at the TRF-1 (Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region) — he arrived in 2011 where he was appointed by the former president (PT), thanks to his proximity to political chiefs from the MDB and PP, including Ciro Nogueira.
