Aras receives support from MPs for reappointment at the head of the PGR

Through a joint note published this Friday (21), attorneys general of Military Justice, Antônio Pereira Duarte; the Federal District and Territories MP, Georges Carlos Fredderico Moreira Seigneur; and Labor, José de Lima Ramos Pereira congratulated the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, for “strengthening the Brazilian Public Ministry”. The communiqué is seen as yet another gesture by prosecutors in favor of reappointing Aras as head of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF).

The movement of the Public Ministry, as well as its main members, follows in the wake of a campaign for Aras to be reappointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the command of the PGR.

Aras’ mandate ends in September of this year. An eventual reappointment would take place in October. The main argument in favor of Aras is his performance in the Lava Jato operation. In 2021, he formally ended the task force in Paraná.

“The Military Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Federal District and Territories and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Labor could not fail to express recognition of the effort undertaken by the Attorney General of the Republic to enable notable and relevant advances in favor of internal and external democracy, as well as for the continuous improvement of the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office, thus expressing unrestricted support and conviction regarding the competence, technique and impartiality of the actions of the Chief of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Union”, said the MPs in a statement.

On Thursday (20), the National Association of Members of the Public Ministry (Conamp), also praised Aras, “rejecting external influences or political pressures from the past”. Already on Wednesday (19), members of the National Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office expressed unrestricted support for the president of the body.

On social media, the PGR wrote that it had demonstrated over the last four years a willingness to “disrupt the foundations of car wash operations”.

Aras is recognized behind the scenes of politics for having “shielded” former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) from lawsuits filed by the opposition in recent years.

Lula has already warned that he will not follow the triple list prepared by class entities, but has not yet disclosed who will be chosen.

Other names are also considered in the dispute, such as deputy attorney Antônio Carlos Bigonha, who criticizes the role of the Public Ministry in Lava Jato; and deputy prosecutor Paulo Gonet, who is close to ministers Gilmar Mendes and Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

Read the joint note in full

“The Military Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Federal District and Territories, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Labor, by their respective Attorneys General, in the context of the proximity of the end of the mandate of the Attorney General of the Republic, hereby publicly recognizes and congratulates His Excellency, Dr.

It is an indisputable fact that His Excellency has been working tirelessly to build a truly strong, autonomous and avant-garde Public Ministry, with permanent dialogue with the Units and Branches of the Public Ministry, guided by institutional respect, balance and high public spirit.

Within the scope of the Public Ministry of the Union, the advances of its management are commendable and historic, promoting unity, integration, harmony, balance, internal democracy and autonomy to all branches of the MPU, the following consistent actions being worthy of note:

A) the expansion of the presence of the MPU, especially the MPF and the MPM in the Amazon, to reduce human rights deficits and expand the fight against environmental, cross-border and other illegal practices promoted by criminal organizations;

B) prompt and responsible action in the face of COVID-19, with the creation of an integrated group of focusers operating throughout Brazil;

C) investment in state-of-the-art tools and technologies, such as Geo-radar, boats and planes for effective and proactive action in the vast Amazon;

D) the integration, strengthening and improvement of Plan-Assiste, as well as the health care policy for members and servants, promoting well-being at work and the physical and mental health of all men and women;

E) the structuring of an information system (the COSMOS MPU), as a broad and integrated management portfolio, providing budgetary and financial optimization at the MPU;

F) the adoption of routines and practices of wide dialogue, respect, integration and participation of all Branches, in the definition of strategic and budgetary issues of the MPU;

G) the implementation of processes and procedures that have enabled openness, dialogue and the joint and convergent construction of strategies to defend the theses of all branches of the Public Prosecutor’s Office within the scope of the Superior Courts and STF;

H) valuing the autonomy of the Branches internally and externally, including the formulation of terms of cooperation with international organizations, aiming at the exchange of experiences and institutional improvement;

I) support for expanding the ranks of members and public servants of the MPU, making it possible to increase services to the general public throughout the country;

J) progress in internal and external agendas for the promotion of gender and race equity, as well as the inclusion of minorities and vulnerable groups.

In this context, the Military Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Federal District and Territories and the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Labor could not fail to express recognition of the effort undertaken by the Attorney General of the Republic to make possible notable and relevant advances in favor of internal and external democracy, as well as for the continuous improvement of the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office, thus expressing unrestricted support and conviction regarding the competence, technique and impartiality of the actions of the Head of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Brasilia, Federal District, July 21, 2023″.