Overview
- A municipal decree recorded temporary vacancies after the mayor Paulo Curió and vice Tânia Mendes were removed and jailed under Operação Tântalo II.
- Prosecutor Fernando Berniz said municipal law places the chamber president next in line, but any in-person activity at city hall would require specific court authorization.
- Vice president Inailce Nogueira Lopes assumed the chamber presidency on an interim basis and is also under house arrest.
- MP-MA alleges an organization diverted more than R$56 million from 2021 to 2025 through sham contracts and the sale of invoices, involving businessmen, public servants, ten councilors and an ex-councilor.
- Courts executed 21 arrest warrants and converted the custody of five councilors who surrendered to house arrest, with violations risking revocation and transfer to prison.