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Senate Rapporteur Backs Paulo Gonet’s Reconduction as PGR With Nov. 12 CCJ Hearing Set

Final confirmation hinges on a Senate floor majority of at least 41 votes.

Aziz destacou a “atuação apartidária e técnica” de Gonet nas ações penais contra os “principais responsáveis pelo ataque à democracia”.
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Overview

  • Senator Omar Aziz submitted a favorable report to the Senate Constitution and Justice Committee endorsing Paulo Gonet for a new two‑year term as prosecutor general.
  • Aziz scheduled a reading of his report for November 5, with the CCJ’s questioning and committee vote set for November 12.
  • His report praises Gonet’s nonpartisan, technical leadership and credits him with helping pacify the Public Ministry while pursuing cases against those accused of attacking democracy.
  • President Lula has signed the reconduction, and after the CCJ the nomination proceeds to a plenary vote that requires at least 41 affirmative votes.
  • In 2023 the Senate approved Gonet 65–11, though opposition figures such as Senator Flávio Bolsonaro now signal resistance to his renewal.