Justice Fachin replaced Justice Barroso as President of the STF, party leaders will set the week’s voting agenda in the House, and the Senate should analyze the amendments to the IBS Tax Management Committee bill

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 30 Sep 2025 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

Justice Edson Fachin has assumed the presidency of the Supreme Federal Court, replacing Justice Luís Roberto Barroso. Fachin sent important messages, stating: “Our commitment is to the Constitution. To the law, what belongs to the law; to politics, what belongs to politics.” Today, Lower House President Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB) will meet with party leaders to set the week’s voting agenda. In the Senate, attention turns to the complementary bill creating the Management Committee for the Goods and Services Tax (IBS). The text has already been approved by the Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship Committee (CCJ) but received dozens of amendments on the Senate floor.

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