Rosa Weber takes over Brazil’s Supreme Court amid institutional turmoil

Rosa Weber will succeed Luiz Fux, who has headed Brazil’s Supreme Court STF for the past two years.

Her deputy will be Roberto Barroso, who was appointed to the STF in 2013 by former President Dilma Rousseff.

The inauguration ceremony will be attended by 1,300 guests, 350 of whom will be from the Supreme Court plenum.

Weber has a discreet profile.

There will be no cocktail party at the inauguration. Nor will there be a traditional dinner offered by judges’ associations when there is a change in STF leadership.

She will defend the Court when she sees fit. Preferably in plenary, the most appropriate place.

With a more discreet profile, Weber avoided taking a position during this year’s election period.

However, in 2018, when she was president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), Weber spoke out a few times in favor of the electronic voting system.

On the other hand, Roberto Barroso is usually more outspoken in his criticism of Bolsonaro and is considered the president’s nemesis.

On Aug. 2, the minister called the proposal of a vote with printed verification (as exists today in Paraguay) a “step backward.”

For his part, the president has criticized the Justice on several occasions.

With information from Poder360

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