The chamber’s ICJ president says Ramajim’s impeachment should not be automatic and must be voted on

– I think so. Because this is what the rules stipulate and the constitution says it is up to the plenary to decide – declared the GLOBO deputy.

Izzi said that he has not yet spoken with Chamber President Hugo Motta about the matter, but that is supposed to happen in the next few days.

The President of the International Court of Justice’s understanding differs from the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court, who decided that this procedure should be applied by the Council of the Chamber. The Minister’s argument is that Ramajim cannot escape losing his mandate because it will inevitably be revoked due to defects

– When mistakes happen, it is up to the board of directors to decide – Azi answered

Ramajim has been in the United States since September and has requested medical leave. Despite this, he continued to participate in sessions and vote when remote participation was scheduled.

Mota claims he did not know the congressman was abroad, and decided yesterday that remote voting could not be conducted while any congressman was outside Brazil. Hours before the decision, Ramajim registered his attendance at the session of the Special Committee on the Powers of Federal Public Security

Yesterday, Mota avoided responding to Ramajim’s request for his removal. The Council President did not comment on whether the measure would be decided by the Chamber’s Board of Directors or whether it would be voted on in the plenary session. He says he will wait for the opinion of the legal advisors in the House of Representatives.

-I will analyze it and respond to you. Let’s wait – Mota said.

Moraes decided on Tuesday that the chamber should be notified that the representative had lost his mandate. This action is part of Ramajem’s conviction for the criminal act related to the coup plot. According to Moraes, the cancellation must be announced by the chamber council

According to the constitution, when a member of parliament is sentenced to more than 120 days in prison in a closed system – as is the case in Ramajim – the Chamber’s Board of Directors can declare the loss of mandate through a simple administrative procedure, without the need to vote in the plenary session. This is the path that was adopted, for example, in 2017, in the case of then-MP Paulo Maalouf, whose term was immediately declared vacant by the Council.

However, there are fears among government supporters that the President of the Chamber will repeat the measure recently applied to MP Carla Zambelli (PL-SP). In this case, Motta did not follow the administrative route and decided to send the process for analysis by the Constitution and Justice Committee, which opens a longer process: the report, the possibility of appeal, long deadlines and, ultimately, the need to vote in plenary, which requires 257 votes to confirm the accusation.

Ramajim is in the United States, and Moraes has already ordered his preventive detention.

Now the minister ordered the punishment to begin. In September, the Special Court sentenced the MP to 16 years and one month in prison. Because he was a fugitive, Moraes ordered Ramajim’s name entered into the National Bank of Prison Monitoring (BNMP), a system that collects data on people arrested, wanted and subject to criminal proceedings.

Data is produced and updated in real time directly by the judiciary, throughout the national territory, to support public security and judicial measures. Alexandre Ramajim was convicted over his role in Bolsonaro’s government as Director General of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN).