The minister of the (Federal Supreme Court) accompanied the minister this Tuesday (26) and voted to reestablish the , which determines a longer period of ineligibility for politicians convicted by legislation.
Fux did not present a written vote in the system in the virtual plenary of the Supreme Court, where the trial that analyzes whether the changes made by the law are constitutional is carried out. The analysis began last Friday (22) and will continue until the 29th.
The STF’s decision that may suspend the flexibility of the Clean Record Law will impact possible candidacies such as former governors, (both from ) and José Roberto Arruda (), in addition to the former president of.
Only the two ministers have voted so far – that is, , , , , (president of the court), , and .
Last week, when opening the trial of the case, rapporteur Cármen Lúcia defended the project approved in , in which the eight years of ineligibility only begin to count from the end of serving the sentence.
The text that was approved by senators in September 2025 provides that convicted politicians will not be able to be candidates for a period of eight years from the date of conviction.
According to the minister, the changes to the law by Congress are “incompatible with the democratic constitutional model” and “establish a scenario of patent regression to what had been established as an instrument to guarantee republican principles, administrative probity and public morality”.
Cármen Lúcia also stated that the changes to the Clean Record Law mean possible “impunity or amnesty”, capable of compromising the integrity of the electoral process.
For the rapporteur, the STF is committed to removing “any behavior and acts that impede, hinder or tarnish administrative probity and public morality”.
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