SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday nominated a judge with a record of flexible rulings to the country’s Supreme Court, frustrating evangelical members of his conservative base who had been promised one of their own for the opening.
Bolsonaro announced his nomination of Kassio Marques on Thursday during a live broadcast on Facebook and submitted his name to the country’s official gazette on Friday.
Marques, 48, was little known by political heavyweights in the capital Brasilia and requires confirmation by Brazil’s Senate.
Career judge Marques would replace Celso de Mello, who will retire this month as he nears the court's age limit of 75 years.