Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies’ Ethics Council voted 13–4 to archive the PL’s complaint against André Janones over a February shirt criticizing amnesty.
- Rapporteur Zé Haroldo Cathedral argued the act fell under parliamentary immunity and constituted protected political expression inside the legislature.
- The representation against Janones was filed by PL president Valdemar da Costa Neto, and Janones still faces two other PL cases over alleged salary kickbacks and insults to deputy Gustavo Gayer.
- In a separate process, rapporteur Delegado Marcelo Freitas recommended dismissing the PT’s case seeking Eduardo Bolsonaro’s mandate revocation over alleged advocacy of U.S. sanctions on Brazil, asserting there was no affront to national sovereignty.
- A collective request for review postponed the vote on Freitas’s report to the council’s next meeting, drawing immediate criticism from government allies who signaled appeals to the Chamber’s leadership or a floor vote.