Alerj Seeks STF Guidance as Parties Take Sides on Bacellar's Detention

Overview

• Rodrigo Bacellar, president of Rio’s state assembly, was arrested on an order by STF minister Alexandre de Moraes, removed from the post, and is held at the Federal Police headquarters.
• Assembly leaders say they received only the arrest decision without the case files and the legal office contacted Moraes’s chambers to confirm formal notification and obtain the autos before opening the internal rito.
• Once formally notified, Bacellar has 48 hours to submit a defense to the CCJ, which issues an opinion ahead of an open plenary vote that requires 36 of 70 deputies to decide whether to maintain the preventive detention, with a CCJ meeting expected if the STF responds.
• The PSD and left-wing parties (PT, PSB, PCdoB, PSOL) announced they will vote to keep him jailed, while the PL’s leader is leaving voting to each deputy and the overall arithmetic remains uncertain.
• The Federal Police cite seized exchanges with ex-deputy TH Jóias to allege leaks tied to Operation Zargun, and even if the plenary revokes the detention, possible STF cautelares could still bar Bacellar from presiding, leaving Vice President Guilherme Delaroli as acting head.