Heloísa Helena to Take Seat After Chamber Suspends Glauber Braga for Six Months

Overview

• The Chamber of Deputies voted 318–141 on Dec. 10 to suspend Glauber Braga’s mandate for breach of decorum.
• The case stems from an April 2024 altercation in which Braga allegedly kicked MBL activist Gabriel Costenaro, with each side disputing how the encounter began.
• PSOL advanced a suspension alternative that passed in a tight 226–220 procedural test, signaling cassation lacked the votes and driving parts of the right and Centrão to support a temporary penalty.
• On Dec. 9, Braga protested by occupying the president’s chair, was removed by the legislative police, the TV Câmara feed was cut, and journalists were blocked from the floor, triggering scuffles.
• First alternate of the Rede–PSOL federation, ex-senator Heloísa Helena, 63, will assume the seat and return to Congress after 18 years, capping a career that includes founding PSOL and helping launch Rede.