Chamber suspends action against Bolsonaro deputy in the STF – 10/15/2025 – Power

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The decision was made, on Wednesday night (15), to suspend a criminal action being processed in the First Panel of the (Supreme Federal Court) against deputy Gustavo Gayer (PL-GO).

In another message to the STF, 268 deputies voted in favor of the suspension, while 167 voted to maintain the progress of the case in which the deputy is a defendant on charges of slander, insult and defamation. Approval required at least half of the deputies (257 of 513).

The criminal complaint against Gayer was filed, in February 2023, by licensed senator Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD-GO) for swearing by the deputy in a video on social media against him, senators (-AP), (-MG) and Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO), as well as ministers of the Supreme Court.

The vote takes place amid the clash between the Chamber and the STF over actions against parliamentarians — the dissatisfaction of deputies with what they consider to be interference by the Judiciary in their mandates led to the approval, last month, of the call, which ended up buried in the .

This Wednesday’s result still has the potential to be , as Alcolumbre was one of those affected by Gayer’s insults.

The Novo party, the PP, the opposition and the minority voted in favor of paralyzing the action. PT, PSOL, PDT, PSB and the government (PT) voted against the suspension.

“We are going to show today why we voted for the PEC of prerogatives [PEC da Blindagem]to prevent the STF from having power within this House”, said Allan Garcês (PP-MA) when guiding a yes vote.

Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), Marcel Van Hattem (Novo-RS) and Cabo Gilberto Silva (PL-PB) spoke in favor of the suspension, arguing that parliamentarians are inviolable, civilly and criminally, for their opinions, words and votes, as the Constitution says.

According to Gilberto Silva, the yes vote was not in favor of Gayer, but of the Constitution, and the deputy’s speech could be punished by the Ethics Council, but not by the STF. “This is not a privilege, this is not shielding, it is to protect the vote of the Brazilian people. […] At this very difficult time in our democracy, at this time of the dictatorial regime of the Supreme Court, which crushes the National Congress”, he said.

For Nikolas, “parliamentary immunity is being relativized”, as it is protected for left-wing deputies, but not for those on the right.

PT leader Lindbergh Farias (RJ) stated that Gayer crossed the line. “We are confusing parliamentary immunity with impunity. You want to throw the image of this House down the sewer. Then this House gets upset when [se] says the image is bad. This vote here is a shame,” he said.

In November 2024, the First Panel unanimously accepted the criminal complaint against Gayer — the ministers, case rapporteur, Flávio Dino, Cármen Lúcia, Luiz Fux and Cristiano Zanin voted to make him a defendant.

Unsatisfied with Pacheco’s election as president of the Senate, Gayer states, in the video released on social media, that Vanderlan and Kajuru are bums. He also uses profanity in references to Pacheco and the STF. The deputy also accuses the senators of having been threatened by Supreme Court ministers or bought with positions to vote in favor of Pacheco.

The provision that the Chamber can suspend the progress of a criminal action against a deputy is in article 53 of the Federal Constitution. The same instrument was used in May this year, against the deputy (PL-RJ) in the coup plot.

When suspending the process, the prescription is also suspended for the duration of the deputy’s term of office.

The CCJ (Committee on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship) of the Chamber had already approved the suspension of the action against Gayer last week.

The case’s rapporteur at the CCJ, deputy Zé Haroldo Cathedral (PSD-RR), argued that the crimes have not been proven and that Gayer’s speeches are protected by parliamentary immunity. Cathedral, however, admitted that the deputy’s language was “inappropriate, rude and inelegant”.

The project to suspend the action was presented on the 25th by the PL. According to the Constitution, this type of project must be voted on in the plenary within 45 days. Furthermore, the Chamber’s rules determine that, after the publication of the vote in the CCJ, the case must be taken to the plenary.

That of the Federal Constitution to require that criminal actions against deputies and senators could only be accepted by the Supreme Court after approval by the Chamber or the Senate.

A, amid social pressure against impunity, and was replaced by the current prediction, that Congress can suspend the progress of actions in the case of a crime that occurred after the diploma of the elected parliamentarian.

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