Bar Association / Legal Institutions

Eu tenho que me opor a eles e eu ao STF.

Se eu posso empichar um presidente da República, eu posso empichar um ministro de Estado.

I will appoint four ministers to the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal).

Hey, hold on, where's the OAB?

Mr. President, Members of the Chamber, I want to express my concern and speak here with the Rapporteur regarding this bill, which has caused much controversy and deals with increasing the powers of the Advocacia-Geral da União, especially of its head, Mr. Jorge Messias.

Several prosecutors, especially those linked to the Central Bank and to the autarchies, have expressed the view that this is a centralization of power in the hands of Jorge Messias and even an attempt to increase his powers, possibly to pave the way for his appointment to the STF, as an official note says.

This also has precedents, Rapporteur. There was an attempt, initially in debates in the 1988 Constituent Assembly and later in a ruling on a writ of injunction, in which the Supreme Court would have recognized, despite the evident link, the non-subordination and non-absorption of the careers of the federal prosecutors by the Advocacia-Geral da União.

I saw earlier today, also in a report in Folha de S.Paulo, that there is concern that the AGU itself could take upon itself decisions involving the Central Bank.