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The Senate Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) approved this Wednesday (21), by 22 votes to 5, the appointment of Judge Kassio Nunes Marques for the vacancy of Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
With the approval, it is up to the Plenary of the Senate to vote the nomination – what should happen this wednesday. Marques was appointed by President Jair Bolsonaro to fill the vacancy after the retirement of Minister Celso de Mello.
During this Wednesday, the nominee was subjected to a sabbatical by the CCJ. The session started shortly after 8 am and lasted for almost ten hours.
During Saturday, Marques said that:
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The judge’s choice was supported by politicians from the party bloc known in the Chamber as “Centrão.”
One of the politicians who supported the nomination was Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI), a senator elected by Piauí, the judge’s home state.
Marques also received the backing of STF ministers Dias Toffoli and Gilmar Mendes, who are often the target of criticism from Bolsonaro supporters.
Senate Justice Kassio Marques appointed to the Supreme Court
Some points on Saturday
The judge was saturated for almost ten hours in the Senate CCJ. In the opening presentation, Marques cited the Bible and defended himself against accusations of plagiarism in a master’s thesis.
When asked about abortion, he also said he was a “defender of the right to life,” pointing to a position contrary to the practice.
Kassio Marques also said that he is not in the habit of judging resources alone.
“I always honor the collegiate body and this attitude is registered in my almost ten years as a Federal Regional Court,” he said.
Find out who is Kassio Nunes Marques, nominated to the Supreme Court by Bolsonaro
Kassio Nunes Marques is 48 years old and, since 2011, has served in the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF-1), based in Brasilia. He was elected to the court by then-President Dilma Rousseff and joined the Court in the quota of vacancies for legal professionals.
Born in Teresina (PI), Kassio Marques was a lawyer for 15 years, was part of the National Commission for Electoral Law and Political Reform of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) in Piauí and was also a judge of the Regional Electoral Court of the state.
Marques was Bolsonaro’s first nomination for the STF. The judge’s name was not on the lists of potential nominees and was criticized by supporters of the president.
Bolsonaro chose not to appoint a “terribly evangelical” minister, as he had promised. In the face of criticism, he has repeated that the judge is a conservative jurist.
