Jair Bolsonaro announced that he would appoint Minister Sergio Moro to the Supreme Court of Brazil

The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaroadmitted Sunday that he intended to appoint the current Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro, for the first place available in the Supreme Court, which will open only in November 2020.

"The first available spot will be at your disposal"And" I think the whole nation would applaud "because" few people have their qualification, "said the president about Moro during an interview with Bandeirantes radio.

According to Bolsonaro, this would only happen if Moro wanted it, although the minister has already stated repeatedly that reaching the Supreme Court would be "like winning the lottery".

The governor, however, specified that the first place would open in November 2020when the current senior member of the Supreme Court should retire, Celso de Mello.

Moro, head of the Ministry of Justice since Bolsonaro took office on 1 January gained notoriety in Brazil as a responsible judge in the first instance of the Lava Jato operation against corruption, which has led dozens of big businessmen and politicians into prison.

Among them, the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), one of the country's greatest popular leaders, who was found guilty of corruption offenses badociated with the type of irregularities discovered in the state of Petrobras.

Also the result of the operation Lava Jato, the former president Michel TemerBolsonaro's predecessor is currently in prison, although he has been pre-emptively arrested in one of six corruption cases he faces in court.

The Workers Party (PT), led by Lula, has always claimed that the former president was the object of "political persecution" that he allegedly attributed, among other reasons, to the so-called "ambition" of Moro to occupy a seat. among the eleven members of the Supreme Court.

The PT has reinforced this position, especially after Moro's appointment as Minister of Justice by Bolsonaro, one of Lula's main opponents and leftist, to whom the current president has promised to "sweep" the Brazilian political map.

(With information from EFE)