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Weekly Report - 14 May 2015 (WR-15-19)
BRAZIL: Rousseff’s supreme court appointee faces scrutiny
Describing himself from the outset as a “survivor”, Luiz Edson Fachin, President Dilma Rousseff’s nominee to the federal supreme court (STF), successfully negotiated over 11 hours of grilling by the senate justice and constitution committee (CCJ) on 12 May. Approved by 20 votes in favour and seven against, Fachin’s appointment now faces a secret vote in the senate plenary, possibly as early as next week. Despite the poor state of relations between the executive and the legislature, it now seems likely that Fachin will be approved.
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