So far, the trial score is 2 votes to 0 against the changes. The votes were given by the rapporteur, Cármen Lúcia, and minister Luiz Fux
Minister Gilmar Mendes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), requested a review and suspended the virtual trial of the process that deals with the changes made by Congress to make the Clean Record Law more flexible. The rule prevents convicted politicians from running in elections.
So far, the trial score is 2 votes to 0 against the changes. The votes were given by the rapporteur, Cármen Lúcia, and minister Luiz Fux.
The Court judges an action filed by Rede Sustentabilidade to overturn Complementary Law 219 of 2025, which reduced the count of ineligibility periods.
Among the main changes, the law unified the maximum period of ineligibility for politicians convicted in various actions for administrative improbity at 12 years.
If this device is validated by the Court, the decision could release the candidacies of José Roberto Arruda for the government of Federal Law, former deputy Eduardo Cunha and former governors of Rio de Janeiro Anthony Garotinho and Sérgio Cabral.
The law also changed the eight-year ineligibility period for convicted politicians. According to the text approved by Congress, the eight years must count from the conviction, and not after serving the sentence, as is currently the case.
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There is no date for the resumption of the trial.
