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Brasilia. — Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer, on Monday said he would continue a tradition of nominating a prosecutor general (PG) who comes recommended by peers, allaying concerns about judicial independence.
Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes, sworn in last week as part of Temer’s new government, told the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper in an interview published on Monday that the prosecutor general of Brazil could be selected at will by the president.
That would reverse a tradition of Brazilian presidents nominating the candidate who received the most votes in an internal election conducted by federal prosecutors themselves. Temer, however, told Globo TV through a Press officer that he would maintain the tradition of nominating the candidate chosen by the corps of prosecutors, who have driven several high-profile graft investigations in recent years.
The justice ministry said in an emailed statement that Moraes was only noting that Brazil’s constitution gives the government full autonomy to choose the prosecutor general .— Reuters
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