The candidate for judge of the CU claims that she received the invitation before Costa was fired and points to the inelegance of Chegi and IL

Judge Dora Lucas Neto said this Monday that she was asked to submit an application to the Constitutional Court by November 7, “and found it inelegant that Chega and IL criticized the possibility of holding these elections at a time of political crisis.”

At a hearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees ahead of the elections scheduled for Wednesday, MPs Pedro Pinto (Chega) and Patricia Gilvaz (IL) expressed regret that the election of a judge has not been held since June for the TC to be held at a time when the Government is resigning and its dissolution is approaching.

“We waited several months to elect a TC judge, what’s the problem with waiting a few more months? It seems unethical to us that right now, when elections have already been called, we are appointing judges to the Labor Commission. “, criticized Pedro Pinto, while praising Dora Lucas Neto’s “rich resume”.

The IL deputy also expressed regret that the PS, after many months of waiting, nominated a judge of the Labor Code “with the resignation of the Prime Minister and the government,” and the parliament was preparing for the election of “a judge for a term of nine years” and its dissolution. scheduled for mid-January.

In a joint response to questions from all panels, the consulting judge of the Supreme Administrative Court emphasized the need to make a preliminary observation.

“I accepted this application before November 7, expressed my readiness to come here and submit my resume. That is, without ceasing to be a judge and without losing any of my qualities during these three weeks, I believe that this is actually inelegant, it is very inconvenient to face this issue,” he said, declaring that he knows that the matter is closed at the parliamentary leaders’ conference.

On November 17, the PS announced that it had nominated Dora Lucas Neto as a candidate for the position left vacant in the TC by Maria da Assunção Raimundo, who resigned from the position in June.

The election of Dora Lucas Neto by secret ballot is scheduled for Wednesday and requires a positive vote of “two-thirds of the deputies present if it exceeds the absolute majority of the deputies in power.”

The prime minister resigned on November 7 amid a judicial inquiry into the installation of Sines’ data center and lithium and hydrogen production facilities, prompting the Ministry of Justice to launch an independent and targeted Supreme Court inquiry.

Faced with this decision, which he had made, the President of the Republic announced that he would dissolve parliament and call early legislative elections for March 10.

However, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa decided to postpone the official resignation of the government, which is carried out by decree, in order to ensure the final approval of the state budget for 2023, scheduled for November 29, and its entry into force. Only in this case will the executive power be limited to managerial actions.