Overview
- Relator Omar Aziz read a report recommending Paulo Gonet’s reconduction, praising his apartisan, technical record and his handling of cases tied to the January 8, 2023 attacks.
- After the report was read, the CCJ granted a collective review and chair Otto Alencar scheduled Gonet’s confirmation hearing for November 12.
- Approval needs a simple majority in the CCJ and then at least 41 votes in the full Senate in a secret ballot, with the plenary date still to be set.
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nominated Gonet for a new two-year term at the head of the PGR, following a first term that included presenting a complaint to the Supreme Court against Jair Bolsonaro.
- Outlets report the reconduction may face stronger pushback from the bolsonarist bloc than in 2023, adding uncertainty to the final plenary tally as the CCJ also processes other justice nominations.