Moraes annuls the decision of the House, determines the loss of Zambelli’s mandate and the inauguration of the substitute within 48 hours

Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) canceled this Thursday 12 the decision of the Chamber of Deputies which rejected the impeachment of the deputy Carla Zambelli and gave 48 hours to the President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta, to swear in the deputy of the parliamentarian. Furthermore, Moraes requested that the president of the first panel, Minister Flávio Dino, organize a virtual session this Friday, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., to approve the decision. Earlier, the Stadium had already underlined the STF’s intention to overturn the decision.

“The deliberation of the Chamber of Deputies, which rejected the loss of the parliamentary mandate of CARLA ZAMBELLI SALGADO DE OLIVEIRA, occurred in flagrant violation of Article 55, III and VI, of the Federal Constitution (“Art. 55. The deputy or senator will lose his mandate; FEDERAL COURT, and became definitive on 6/7/2025 according to a certificate prepared by the Secretariat Judiciary of this SUPREME COURT,” Moraes said in the decision.

The minister declared that, for this reason, it is a “null act, due to obvious unconstitutionality, presenting both the lack of respect for the principles of legality, morality and impersonality, as well as the flagrant deviation from the goal”.

According to Moraes, since the Mensalão trial, in 2012, the STF has already decided on the possibility of automatic loss of the parliamentary mandate, from the final judgment, “in the event of a criminal conviction, due to the impossibility of maintaining one’s mandate in the face of the suspension of political rights deriving from the final and final conviction.”