STJ Schedules June 11 Depositions in Disciplinary Case Against Minister Marco Buzzi

Overview

• The Superior Tribunal de Justiça set June 11 for the hearing of two complainants and the testimony of 20 witnesses, a step that moves the administrative disciplinary process into its evidence-taking phase.
• Marco Buzzi has been suspended from STJ duties since February 10 and is barred from court premises while a three-minister commission (Salomão, Gonçalves, Villas Bôas Cueva) conducts the PAD under a 140-day procedural term.
• A confidential criminal inquiry at the Supreme Federal Court remains open after Prosecutor‑General Paulo Gonet recommended opening a probe and forwarding the case to police for 60 days of diligences.
• The defense denies wrongdoing, proposed 30 witnesses of which 16 were admitted by the commission, and the court has already applied administrative measures that reduced some of Buzzi’s allowances.
• The June 11 hearings could shape whether the STJ pursues administrative sanctions such as compulsory retirement and will occur alongside police work in the STF inquiry, affecting both the complainants’ search for accountability and Buzzi’s judicial career.