The Chamber’s bench will release the document this Tuesday (May 12); minister accumulates 50 requests for dismissal in the Senate since 2021
The Opposition bench in the Chamber will release this Tuesday (May 12, 2026), at 5pm, another impeachment request against the minister, do .
The PL, the former president’s party, intends to demand from the presidents of the Chamber and the Senate a reaction to the magistrate’s decision to apply the Dosimetry Law to those convicted of the acts of January 8th.
The leader of the PL in the Senate, (RJ), told the Poder360 that Moraes’ impeachment request “It’s asleep in the drawer.” of the President of the Senate, (União Brasil-AP). “Mmore than 42 signatures of support, that is, more than half of the Senate supports it. Now all that’s missing is the president’s political will.”, declared.
Since the developments of the Moraes and STF minister Dias Toffoli were the targets of 12 new impeachment requests: 6 each. The Court has at least 102 actions being processed in the Senate, where the cases must be analyzed.
The lifting of the Poder360, at the beginning of April, it considered requests submitted from January 4, 2021, when Alcolumbreduring the last month of his first term as President, he filed all impeachment requests against Supreme Court ministers that were being processed in the House.
In the period analyzed, of the 102 requests made, 50 were against Moraes. He is followed by Gilmar Mendes (13), Dias Toffoli (12) and Flávio Dino (8).
HOW IMPEACHMENT WORKS
The Constitution establishes that it is up to the Senate to prosecute and judge Supreme Court ministers for crimes of responsibility. Any citizen can file a complaint against a member of the STF.
Representations must be filed with the Senate, where they are called “PET” (Petition). It is up to the President of the House to accept or archive the requests. There is no deadline for analysis.
If you decide to accept, the petition is forwarded to the Senate Advocacy, which carries out a technical assessment of the proposal before it is analyzed by the Steering Committee. Only after that can the impeachment be taken to the senators for deliberation.
To date, an impeachment request against a STF minister has never been approved.
