Lula says he will not nominate anyone to the Supreme Court thinking about future problems for the president.
The president also declined to commit to nominating a woman or a Black person to the court.
Reuters - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said this Thursday at a breakfast meeting with columnists that he will not nominate anyone for the Supreme Federal Court (STF) thinking about a future problem for the President of the Republic, reported GloboNews commentator Julia Duailibi, who is participating in the meeting, on her Twitter account.
According to the journalist, the president also refused to commit to nominating a woman or a Black person to the court.
This Thursday, the official gazette published the early retirement, effective April 11th, of Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski. This year, Justice Rosa Weber will also be compulsorily retired from the court upon reaching 75 years of age.