Cristiano Zanin defended the Brazilian president in the processes of Operation Car Wash. If the Senate gives its approval he will be a judge in the country's highest court until 2050.

Zanin, 47, will occupy one of the 11 seats left vacant by the retirement of another judge last April. His name sounded like the favorite from the beginning, despite the controversy it could generate for personalism and the close bond between Lula and the future judge. The predictable criticism of Lula from the right for the appointment is joined by voices from the left that lament that the president has missed some diversity to a very white and masculine institution.