He helped Lula overturn a graft conviction stemming from Brazil’s sprawling “Car Wash” corruption investigation, getting him freed after 580 days of incarceration. The Supreme Court annulled all convictions of Lula, and ruled in 2021 that the judge overseeing the case had been biased. That allowed Lula to run successfuly for his third, non-consecutive presidential term.

In July, senators examining Zanin’s appointment questioned the lawyer about his ability to remain nonpartisan. A large majority of senators went on to vote in favor of his nomination, making the 47-year-old the youngest justice on the 11-member court.

Lula, who in March called Zanin “his friend” on radio BandNews FM, pedalled back in a later interview. “He was not a friend, he was my lawyer,” Lula told Record TV in July after Zanin’s appointment had been approved by the Senate. “He is an extremely capable person … He is very studious, he is very competent, he is very dedicated and he is very serious. This is the reason why he was chosen.”

  • Riddick3001OP
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    21 year ago

    In Europe we try to divide Politics and Judicial appointments. The French, at least, beg to differ.

    Yes, I stand corrected. It was a reaction to your first paragraph. There are several systems, and they are all a bit different.

    And, tnx for your answer. Maybe one must really live though what’s going on in Brazil to really compehrend the whole story. As an outsider, familiar with a different system, it does seem a bit strange at first glance.

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      Wanted to add that Lula wasn’t wrongly prosecuted. Our judiciary has been overreaching for a while now and have gone above and beyond to act in their own interest and that of their allies. It was no different with Lula, and it was no different with Bolsonaro who just recently lost his political rights. They both deserved what they got and more but corrupt ministers will keep moving the goalpost (or better yet their interpretation of the law) to please those of their interest.

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        • ChapolinColoradoNZ
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          The same supreme court that saw nothing wrong with the prosecution against him and also found no flaw on the ruling of 12 other judges, somehow decides that jurisdiction was an irrefutable issue and that the whole process would have to start all over again. Yeah, that makes sense…