Minister says that the Chamber disrespected the Constitution and ordered the substitute to take office within 48 hours
After the decision of the Chamber of Deputies to maintain the mandate of the federal deputy (PL-SP), Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), decreed this Thursday (Dec 11, 2025) the immediate loss of his position. Moraes claims that the congressmen’s decision violated the Constitution, since Zambelli was criminally convicted for trying to invade the CNJ (National Council of Justice) system.
“In respect for the Federal Constitution, It is the Judiciary that determines the loss of the parliamentary mandate criminally convicted with final judgment, and it is up to the Board of the Chamber of Deputies, under the terms of §3 of article 55 of the Federal Constitution, to only DECLAR THE LOSS OF THE MANDATE, that is, to edit the linked administrative act”he wrote. Here’s the do dispacho (PDF – 361 kB).
Moraes also classified the Chamber’s decision as a “void act” by “evident unconstitutionality” e “disrespect for the principles of legality, morality and impersonality”. The minister forwarded the decision to the 1st Panel of the STF for referendum.
CONVICTIONS AND PRISON
Carla Zambelli was sentenced in May this year by the STF to 10 years in prison and to pay R$2 million in collective damages for hacking into the CNJ system. Minister Alexandre de Moraes then ordered the deputy’s preventive detention
According to investigations, Zambelli was the mastermind behind the invasion of the CNJ system to issue a false arrest warrant against Moraes. According to the investigation, the hacking was carried out by Walter Delgatti, who was also convicted and said he carried out the work at the behest of the congresswoman.
In June, Zambelli left Brazil and was considered a fugitive. The congresswoman’s name was included on Interpol’s red list, at the request of minister Alexandre de Moraes. In July, Zambelli was arrested in Rome, the capital of Italy.
The Brazilian government requested the extradition of Carla Zambelli. The request was made official by the STF and the request was sent by Itamaraty to the Italian government.
In August, she was also sentenced by the STF to 5 years and 3 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal restraint against journalist Luan Araújo in São Paulo, on the eve of the 2nd round of 2022. The STF determined the loss of the parliamentary mandate after the end of the possibility of appeal, as well as the payment of a fine of 400 minimum wages in force in 2022 with monetary update.
