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The plenary session of the Federal Senate approved on Tuesday (20), by 53 votes to 7, the appointment of the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Jorge Oliveira, to the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).
With the decision, Oliveira is appointed to assume the position after the retirement of the current minister José Múcio. The appointment was made by President Jair Bolsonaro shortly after Múcio announced that he would resign on December 31 of this year.
The TCU Minister’s decision advanced, by 2 years and 9 months, the mandatory retirement period (when employees turn 75 years old).
Bolsonaro confirms appointment of Jorge Oliveira to TCU
The TCU is made up of nine ministers. The President of the Republic appoints three members, one directly and the other two chosen from among the auditors and members of the Public Ministry who work with TCU. Congress appoints six other members.
Jorge Oliveira is close to Bolsonaro and came to consider the name for the vacancy of Minister Celso de Mello in the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The president ended up opting for judge Kassio Marques, of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF-1).
In the morning, Jorge Oliveira was heard by the Senate Economic Affairs Committee, which also voted on the name of the minister.
“We have a great challenge here. I appreciate the nomination of President Jair Bolsonaro ”, said Jorge Oliveira at the opening ceremony. “If you give me the honor to approve, my commitment is to maintain the position that I have had throughout my public life. That is why I made myself available to my country ”, he declared.
Jorge Oliveira was asked about his relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro. One of the senators asked if the proximity would not convey the perception that he is acting as Bolsonaro’s lawyer in court.
Oliveira said he was very proud to have worked with Bolsonaro and one of his sons, Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro. He affirmed that the limits of the performance of the TCU minister are set by law.
“Understanding that a minister can act as a lawyer or for the benefit of the President of the Republic is a mistake. Because there is collegiality within the court, which is based on the votes of the ministers on technical premises ”, he said.
According to Oliveira, as deputy chief of legal affairs of the current government, he has already said several “no” to the president, “with great loyalty and respect”.
Jorge Oliveira was asked, more than once, if there were no irregularities on the Sabbath before José Múcio left court.
He explained that some circumstances led to the anticipation of the process, such as the new coronavirus pandemic, which made difficult the work in Congress and the municipal elections scheduled for November.
Jorge Oliveira also said that the anticipation of the vote on his behalf in the Senate helps during the transition period, which would only occur in March 2021 if it was necessary to wait for Múcio to retire.
“This condition is not new. It is not the first time that the Senate has heard a candidate without a vacancy in his position. We have already known about it ten months in advance,” explained Jorge Oliveira.
He defended the spending ceiling as a way to give Brazil fiscal discipline and said that the court cannot have a “merely repressive face”, but also “collaborative and preventive.”
Jorge Oliveira was also asked about his training in economics. He said that he worked for 20 years in the Military Police, 15 years as an adviser in the Chamber and, currently in the federal government, said that he carried out activities that are linked to the constitutional requirements to assume the position.
“The officer training course that I started in 1993, has three years of training, it is a recognized graduation. Among the disciplines, there is a considerable area of legal disciplines, but also financial and budget management, public accounting, ”he said.
Jorge Antônio de Oliveira Francisco finished high school at the Brasília Military College and reached the rank of major in the Federal District Military Police.
He moved to the reserve in 2013 after two decades of work (1993-2013). According to the General Secretariat, Oliveira has a degree in Law and Public Security Administration and a postgraduate degree in Public Law.
The minister remains a teaching specialist in parliamentary advice and consulting. The Planalto website records that Oliveira completed a law course at the Brasilia Institute of Higher Education in 2006.
The postgraduate course in Public Law was held at the Processus Institute. The new minister was a parliamentary advisor to Jair Bolsonaro, then a federal deputy.
He also worked in the Chamber with the president’s son, Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro. Jorge also served as a parliamentary advisor in the Legislative Chamber of the Federal District.
