Nominated to the STF, Messias talks about articulation: “I won’t leave the Senate one day”
Visiting the Senate this Tuesday, the Union’s attorney general, Jorge Messias, appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) to the Federal Supreme Court (STF), intensified the hand-to-hand with parliamentarians.
The hearing and the vote in the plenary session on his nomination in the House plenary will take place on December 10th. Messias stated that he will ask all senators for votes, whether they are from the opposition or from the government base, in the coming days. He said he spoke this Tuesday with three parliamentarians and denied any discomfort with the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP).
Deadline imposed by Alcolumbre increases pressure on the government to approve Messias in the STF
The hearing scheduled for December 10 reduces the Planalto’s scope for articulation and makes it difficult to mobilize for votes amid the climate of tension with the president of the Senate
STF: Alcolumbre sets Messias hearing in the Senate for December 10th
Senator Weverton Rocha (PDT-MA) will be the rapporteur of the hearing at the CCJ
— I have already spoken to senators Confúcio Moura (MDB-RO), Lucas Barreto (PSD-PA) and Otto Alencar (PSD-BA). There were great conversations. I will not leave the Senate one day, I will be here every day. Everything is fine with Davi, I talk to him every week, the atmosphere is great – he said.
The beginning of the dialogues for support occurred on the day that Alcolumbre scheduled the hearing with Lula’s nominee in the Senate’s Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ). The rapporteur for the nomination will be senator Weverton Rocha (PDT-MA), who is an ally of Alcolumbre.
— Within the natural rite of appreciation of authorities, I want to clarify about President Lula’s nomination. I learned about the government’s decision through the press, with an extra Official Gazette informing the institutional decision to nominate Jorge Messias for this vacancy. Having knowledge, I spoke with Senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), who is responsible for the CCJ. We established a calendar for the hearing and deliberation of the authority in the CCJ and then in the Senate plenary. The message will be read on December 3rd. On the 10th we will hold the hearing at the CCJ and the deliberation in the Senate plenary — said Alcolumbre.
The appointment of Jorge Messias intensified the uneasiness between the government and the Senate. Davi Alcolumbre’s favorite, and also that of most senators, was senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG). Furthermore, Alcolumbre was not notified by the government that the choice would take place last Thursday, which increased the senator’s discontent with Planalto.
Messias even published a letter addressed to Alcolumbre, in which he stated that it was his “duty” to make himself available to the president of the Senate for constitutional scrutiny.
The text highlights the nominee’s trajectory within the Senate itself, where he worked years ago under the guidance of the current president of the House.
