Uncisal: Court upholds reclassification decision; Defender requests annulment of proceedings The Court of Justice of Alagoas (TJ-AL) maintained, this Thursday (16), the unconstitutionality of State Law No. 9,365/2024. The rule created a regional bonus of 10% in the Enem score for candidates from the state in the entrance exam for the State University of Health Sciences of Alagoas (Uncisal). ?Join the g1 Alagoas channel The decision was taken by the 3rd Civil Chamber, which denied the appeal presented by Uncisal and maintained the understanding of the rapporteur, judge Paulo Zacarias, in favor of reclassifying the list of those approved for the selection process. READ MORE: Uncisal: TJ postpones judgment that could affect 158 ??students Uncisal students may have their enrollment cancelled; understand the situation Understand the regional criterion The standard had created the so-called regional inclusion criterion. Understand: Granted a 10% increase in the Enem score to candidates who were born in Alagoas or who attended high school in the state; Based on the rule, 158 students entered Uncisal; Now, if the reclassification is carried out, they could lose their places. What the Public Defender's Office says According to the Alagoas Public Defender's Office, however, the students' situation can still be reversed. Public defender Othoniel Pinheiro explained that the agency filed a Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) to take the case to the Full Court. The objective is for the law to be considered unconstitutional only for the next selection processes, preserving the enrollments of approved students while the rule was in force. "We are defending that the law be declared unconstitutional, but that the registrations already carried out be preserved, with respect for legal certainty, the good faith of the candidates and confidence in the acts of the public administration", he stated. According to the defender, the 3rd Civil Chamber only analyzed the appeal presented by Uncisal and did not have the authority to decide on the practical effects of the declaration of unconstitutionality. "This discussion on the preservation of license plates must be carried out by the Full Court, in the direct action of unconstitutionality proposed by the Public Defender's Office," said Pinheiro. The defender also highlighted that the Federal Supreme Court (STF) has already declared similar regional bonus laws unconstitutional in other states, but preserved the enrollment of students who entered in good faith. Now, it will be up to the TJ-AL Full Court to decide whether the declaration of unconstitutionality will only take effect for the next entrance exams or whether it will also affect the 158 students who have already started courses at Uncisal. Uncisal Ascom/Uncisal