Graça Amaral and Leonor Furtado run for the presidency of the STJ
The vice-president of the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ) Graça Amaral, and the counselor judge Leonor Furtado will run for the presidency of the STJ, joining the race for the former vice-president of the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM), José Sousa Lameira.
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According to the press office of the STJ, Graça Amaral, who took office as vice-president of this higher court in January, and councilor Leonor Furtado also submitted their respective candidacy programs, similar to what Sousa Lameira, the first candidate to run for the 'inter pares' election scheduled for May 15, has already done.
In the letter sent to her peers, Graça Amaral considers it "essential that citizens find in this court (...) answers and paths that support and ensure the preservation of trust in the functioning of judicial institutions", listing her experience in the STJ, where she also served as an advisor for five years, which, she says, allows her to have "a dual perspective" on this sovereign body.
Leonor Furtado, who has already served as general director of social reintegration, proposes creating a new section in the STJ, 'Family, Youth and Children', thus giving visibility to a complex area that, while not entirely civil in nature, includes the right to the promotion and protection of children and the criminal law of young people (educational guardianship), without excluding matters related to the elderly and severely disabled people", and a pool of specialized consultants to provide information to the judges.
José Sousa Lameira, in his candidacy presentation letter, refers to the "continuous exercise of the functions of a judge", as well as his experience in the CSM, which allows him to "have an exact notion of the numerous and varied problems that arise in the courts in their multifaceted dimensions and very specifically in the STJ".
On May 15, the judges will elect the successor of Henrique Araújo, who is leaving the position of president of the STJ for having reached the age limit of 70 years.
The president of the STJ is also, by inherent function, president of the CSM.
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