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PL Wins Majority on Rio Assembly Committees After Party Switch

The reorganization hands control of key oversight panels to the governing bloc, risking a rollback of opposition-led investigations.

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Overview

  • Alerj published new committee rosters on June 24–25 that increase PL and allied representation after the party grew from 18 to 23 deputies in the party-switching window.
  • The Commission for Defense of the Rights of Women elected Sarah Poncio as president while PSOL leader Renata Souza has filed a mandado de segurança seeking to keep her seat and the presidency.
  • Dani Monteiro was removed from the Human Rights commission in an extra Diário Oficial entry and Alexandre Knoploch is set to be elected president with a formal meeting scheduled.
  • Assembly president Douglas Ruas says the changes correct regimental proportionality but opposition deputies call the sweep political retaliation and have launched legal and institutional challenges.
  • Tensions are sharpened by ongoing corruption probes in the legislature, including the May detention of deputy Thiago Rangel, which opposition members say makes control of oversight panels especially consequential.