President chose Messod Azulay, from TRF-2, and Paulo Sérgio Domingues, from TRF-3, for two vacancies in the Court
Minister Humberto Martins, president of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), congratulated the federal judges Messod Azulay, of the TRF-2 (Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region), and Paulo Sérgio Domingues. , of the TRF-3, for having been appointed to the Court.
The president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) appointed the judges this Monday. The president’s choices now go to the Senate, which must approve the names in order for them to be nominated.
“4 beautiful names were defined, chosen by the majority of the Court. The president had to choose 2 and chose great magistrates“, said Martins during the plenary session of the STJ. In addition to Azulay and Paulo Sérgio, judges Ney Bello, from the TRF-1, and Fernando Quadros, from the TRF-4, competed for the vacancies.
“I congratulate [os indicados]. We will certainly honor them on their Sabbaths. We have to congratulate them, welcome them and say that we are hand in hand to enhance the Judiciary”continued Martins.
Read the profiles of Bolsonaro’s nominees:
- Paulo Sergio Domingues – holds a master’s degree in law from Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Germany, a law degree from the University of São Paulo and professor of civil procedural law at Fadi (Faculty of Law of Sorocaba). He has been a career federal judge at the TRF-3, based in SP, since 2014, president of the 7th Panel of the Court and member of the Special Body. Previously, he was a lawyer and attorney for the municipality of São Paulo;
- Messod Azulay – Federal judge of the TRF-2, based in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated from the National Law School of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and has extension courses at Fundação Getúlio Vargas. He joined the TRF-2 for the fifth constitutional through the Brazilian Bar Association. He was once director of the Cultural Center of the Federal Justice of Rio de Janeiro.
“HE NO”
Bolsonaro accelerated the nominations. He is worried about a possible defeat in the dispute for the Planalto and, therefore, ends up being without political conditions to get the names on the STJ, found out the Power 360.
For this reason, he intends to take advantage of the Senate’s concentrated work week, which runs from August 8 to 12, to formalize the nominations. The House needs to approve the names.
O Power 360 found that Azulay’s name was well defined about 1 month ago. It was recently consolidated with the removal of the veto on his name by Minister André Mendonça, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), and Luiz Fux, president of the Supreme Court.
About two weeks ago, President Jair Bolsonaro, when asked about the topic, always replied: “The problem with these nominations is the ‘not him’. Everyone calls to veto someone and not to defend.”.
This was no longer the case with the name of Azulay, who became the favorite for one of the vacancies. The 2nd seat at the STJ was pending for Ney Bello, but he was vetoed by Minister Nunes Marques, who is a member of the STF by Bolsonaro’s appointment.
Ney Bello and Nunes Marques were TRF-1 colleagues and disputed in the past for a vacancy for the STJ. Because of this, the relationship between the two was never very good.
In recent days, Paulo Sérgio Domingues has obtained relevant support, according to the Power 360. In addition to Nunes Marques, André Mendonça and Dias Toffoli explicitly join the STF. He is also supported by Humberto Martins, president of the STJ, and Maria Thereza de Assis Moura, who will take over as head of the Court in place of Martins in August.
CONNECTIONS WITH FLÁVIO DINO
Both Paulo Sérgio and Ney Bello have friendships with Flávio Dinoformer governor of Maranhão, pre-candidate for the Senate for the PSB and strong opponent of Jair Bolsonaro.
In Paulo’s case, the connection dates back to when they both served on the board of help (Association of Federal Judges of Brazil), from 2000 to 2002. Dino was president of the entity, while Paulo was vice president of the 3rd Region. In the following board (2002-2004), Paulo became president of the association and had Ney Bello as vice president of the 1st Region.
Ney Bello also has close relationships with Dino. She was very influential in making suggestions to the politician while he was governor of Maranhão. In other words, Paulo and Ney’s proximity to the leftist politician ended up canceling out.
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