Overview
- The plenary voted 227 for removal, 110 against and 10 abstentions, below the 257 votes required to revoke the mandate.
- Zambelli remains a federal deputy even as she is held in Italy after a Supreme Federal Court conviction tied to the CNJ systems invasion.
- The CCJ had approved a report by Deputy Claudio Cajado arguing incarceration makes parliamentary duties impossible, citing STF jurisprudence such as the Nelson Meurer case.
- With the rejection in plenary, the representation filed by the Chamber’s Board will be archived.
- Italian prosecutors have issued a favorable opinion for extradition, while the STF continues to await a final decision as Zambelli’s status is challenged politically and in court.