The minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), suspended this Thursday (28) the judgment that debates those made by the when submitting a request for review (more time for analysis).
There are two votes to suspend the relaxation of legislation: that of (case rapporteur) and that of . The STF’s decision will impact possible candidacies such as former governors, (both from ) and José Roberto Arruda (), in addition to the former president of.
Dean of the court, Gilmar will have 90 days to return the process, with his vote. The other ministers who have not yet expressed themselves will be able to anticipate their position during this period. They are: , , , , (president of the court), and .
The trial is held in the court’s virtual plenary. In this modality, there is no discussion between ministers as in the plenary session and they only record their votes.
The analysis began on May 22nd and would continue until this Friday (29th). When opening the trial, Cármen Lúcia voted in favor of 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.
Fux followed Cármen Lúcia without submitting a written vote.
The minister, in a document of around 50 pages, defended that the changes to the Clean Record Law by the Legislature are “incompatible with the democratic constitutional model” and that the STF is committed to removing acts that hinder 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
According to the rapporteur, the changes “establish a scenario of clear regression to what had been established as an instrument to guarantee republican principles, administrative probity and public morality”.
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