Dilma appoints new ministers to the Judiciary.
Federal Court Judge Néfi Cordeiro has been nominated to be a minister of the Superior Court of Justice; Douglas Alencar Rodrigues, a judge of the Regional Labor Court, has been chosen to be a minister of the Superior Labor Court (TST); and Josué Barroso Filho, a judge-auditor, may occupy a position on the Superior Military Court (STM). These names, nominated by President Dilma Rousseff, will now be reviewed by the Senate.
Paulo Victor Chagas – Reporter for Agência Brasil
The Official Gazette of the Union published today (13) the nomination of new ministers of the higher courts of the Judiciary. Federal Justice judge Néfi Cordeiro was nominated to be a minister of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ).
Douglas Alencar Rodrigues, a judge of the Regional Labor Court, was chosen to be a minister of the Superior Labor Court (TST), and Josué Barroso Filho, a judge-auditor, may occupy a position on the Superior Military Court (STM). The names nominated by President Dilma Rousseff will now be reviewed by the Federal Senate.
Néfi Cordeiro has been a judge on the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region, in Porto Alegre, since 2004. The Superior Court of Justice (STJ) has 33 ministers, of whom 11 are chosen from among state judges, 11 from among federal judges, and 11 from among members of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the legal profession. Cordeiro holds a doctorate in law, worked in the Public Prosecutor's Office before becoming a judge, and takes the place of Castro Meira, who retired last year.
The appointment of ministers to the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) and the Superior Labor Court (TST) follows the order of nomination for confirmation hearings in the Senate and subsequent approval by the senators. The President of the Republic is responsible for choosing the name indicated from a shortlist of three candidates from each court.
Selected from among other judges to serve on the labor court, Douglas Rodrigues works at the Regional Labor Court responsible for the Federal District and Tocantins. A career labor judge, he has been an appeals court judge since 2003 and was a member of the National Council of Justice (CNJ). Rodrigues takes the place of retired minister Pedro Paulo Teixeira Manus.
The potential new minister of the Superior Military Court (STM), José Barroso Filho, has been a magistrate since 1992 and has held positions such as public prosecutor, state judge, electoral judge, and judge-auditor. The position he may assume in the Superior Military Court is designated for career magistrates, replacing Carlos Alberto Marques Soares, who has also retired.