Rodrigo Pacheco: President Davi Alcolumbre, Ladies and Gentlemen Parliamentarians, only and solely to record the joy of seeing the name of Appellate Judge Carlos Brandão approved now, who very shortly will be a Minister of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), and likewise to pay my respects to Dr. Maria Marluce Caldas Bezerra, whose hearing will be opened in a moment – and whose name will certainly be approved by the Plenary of the Federal Senate.
To both, to Minister Carlos Brandão and to Minister Marluce Caldas Bezerra, our confidence that they will join a court absolutely fundamental to democracy, to the rule of law, to the Brazilian Republic, which is the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), created with a very noble purpose and, I repeat, absolutely fundamental for the Judiciary and for Justice in our country, namely the unification of the jurisprudence of the state courts of justice and of the federal regional courts — the six federal regional courts that we have in Brazil.
Rodrigo Pacheco: The role of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice) in fixing and defining the country’s jurisprudence through the application and the force of our federal laws is absolutely essential and must be recognized by us.
Rodrigo Pacheco: The strengthening of the STJ (Superior Court of Justice) will always mean the strengthening of the Judiciary and the easing of demands on the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal), because once the resolution of legal conflicts is achieved within the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), our country’s Supreme Court will naturally be less sought.