Decision comes after a week in which the Chamber kept the deputy in office, but the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, ordered the immediate loss of her mandate on December 11
The resignation of (PL-SP) was celebrated by left-wing parliamentarians, who commented on the decision on social media. PT leader in the Chamber, Lindbergh Farias, demanded the impeachment of deputy Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ).
“The resignation does not produce any legal effect: it does not erase the facts, the crimes or the effects of the conviction. Either the Board immediately complies with the Constitution and the decisions of the STF, or it will continue to commit an unconstitutional omission, capable of characterizing, in theory, a crime of responsibility and malfeasance”, wrote Lindbergh Farias in his profile on X.
Representative Ivan Valente (Psol-SP) celebrated the resignation, but highlighted that it does not reverse Zambelli’s ineligibility. “Resigned! Carla Zambelli, arrested in Italy and awaiting extradition to Brazil, resigned from her mandate, trying to escape ineligibility, but it won’t do any good, because the Federal Constitution is explicit: ‘a deputy or senator who suffers a criminal conviction in a final and unappealable sentence will lose their mandate'”, said Valente.
Rogério Correia (PT-MG) also focused on ineligibility and praised the decision of the . “Zambelli is moving away from the Chamber, but he will not escape his ineligibility. The Chamber chickened out in front of the far-right bench and did not impeach the coup congresswoman, who was convicted with finality. Congratulations to the STF for its firmness in defending democracy”, stated the deputy.
. The decision comes after a week in which the Chamber kept the deputy in office, but the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, ordered the immediate loss of her mandate on December 11th.
