Brazil's Chamber of Deputies Suspends Glauber Braga for Six Months

Overview

• The plenary approved a six-month suspension by 318–141, with 3 abstentions, after a 226–220 preference vote cleared the way to consider suspension before cassation.
• The decision replaced the Ethics Council’s recommendation to strip his mandate over a 2024 altercation with MBL member Gabriel Costenaro, and the suspension preserves his political rights.
• The alternative punishment was proposed on the floor by Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ) and gained support as Centrão and government-base deputies recalibrated their positions.
• Leaders described the arrangement as a “saída honrosa” that punished the deputy while averting a likely defeat on cassation and relieving pressure on Chamber President Hugo Motta.
• The vote came a day after Braga occupied the president’s chair and was removed by parliamentary police as TV Câmara cut its broadcast and journalists were expelled from the gallery.