Overview

• Lindbergh Farias filed a request on Monday asking the Chamber’s Ethics Council to declare Marcelo Freitas suspected and remove him as rapporteur in the case that could lead to Eduardo Bolsonaro’s mandate being revoked.
• The filing argues Freitas lacks impartiality, citing a video in which he calls Eduardo Bolsonaro a friend and pledges loyalty to Jair Bolsonaro’s government, as well as his support for amnesty for January 8 participants.
• The petition asks the council to choose a new rapporteur from the existing triplet and to formally notify the Chamber’s Board of the filing.
• Freitas was selected from a list that also includes Duda Salabert and Paulo Lemos, drawn under the council’s triplet procedure.
• Council president Fábio Schiochet has defended Freitas’s appointment as based on technical criteria and says the deputy is qualified to act impartially, while the council has not yet ruled on the recusal request.