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Overview
- The plenary replaced the Ethics Council’s cassation recommendation with a six‑month suspension through a preference amendment advanced by PSOL.
- The disciplinary case stems from an April 2024 altercation in which Braga was found to have violated decorum by assaulting an MBL activist.
- Leaders on parts of the right and the centrão backed suspension to ensure a penalty, assessing they lacked the 257 votes needed to strip the mandate.
- On the eve of the vote, Braga occupied the president’s chair, was removed by legislative police, and TV Câmara briefly cut its live feed as access for journalists was restricted.
- Voting records show unified support from PT, PSB, PDT, PSOL, PCdoB, Solidariedade, PV and Rede, uniform opposition from Novo, seven PL defections in favor of suspension, three abstentions and 50 absences.