Lula resists pressure to appoint a gender-neutral person to the Supreme Court, and Zanin remains the favorite.
Allies of the president believe there is a greater probability of Zanin succeeding in the Senate's Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee hearing and in the vote in the House plenary.
247 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has no plans to consider gender when choosing the next nominee for a seat on the Supreme Federal Court (STF). This information comes from a news report. newspaper According to O Estado de S. Paulo, Lula is unlikely to back down, despite receiving appeals from various social movements for a woman to assume the position that will be vacated by Minister Ricardo Lewandowski in May, when he turns 75.
According to the report, lawyer Cristiano Zanin remains the favorite to fill the vacancy.
The report highlights that advisors from the Presidential Palace and a government minister confirmed that President Lula has stated that gender will not be a determining factor in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice. Allies of the president believe there is a greater probability of Zanin succeeding in the Senate's Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) hearing and in the plenary vote for the first vacancy available to the government.
The pressure for Lula to nominate a woman isn't coming solely from social movements. Last Wednesday, International Women's Day, Supreme Court Justice Edson Fachin defended the nomination of a woman. black woman to compose the Court. The magistrate's speech echoed demands that have been made by women's movements and legal entities.
"Besides the pressure to appoint a woman, Lula has been criticized in political circles for allowing speculation to circulate that he will nominate his lawyer, criminal defense attorney Cristiano Zanin, to the court. The jurist's name faces no internal resistance within the court. Minister Cármen Lúcia has already stated that the fact that Zanin has represented the president should not compromise any eventual nomination," the report highlights.
>>> Pressure is mounting on Lula to nominate a Black woman as a Supreme Court Justice.
If the president chooses to nominate a woman, it would be an unprecedented event in the court's 131-year history, with three women already serving on the panel – which already includes Rosa Weber and Cármen Lúcia.