Overview

• Lindbergh Farias submitted a petition to the Chamber’s Board and the Ethics Council on September 29 seeking Marcelo Freitas’s recusal and replacement from the previously drawn shortlist of Duda Salabert or Paulo Lemos.
• The request cites a video in which Freitas calls Eduardo Bolsonaro a friend and pledges loyalty to Jair Bolsonaro, along with past advocacy for January 8 amnesty and criticism of the Supreme Court.
• The PT argues the process is compromised by the relator’s alignment and by Council president Fabio Schiochet’s prior remark that he did not see a decorum breach, while Schiochet defends Freitas as a technical choice.
• The ethics case alleges Eduardo Bolsonaro breached decorum and neglected his duties while in the United States pursuing sanctions against Brazilian authorities, which the PT says harmed the national interest.
• The decision now rests with the Board and the Ethics Council, which will determine whether to replace the relator and proceed with a case that could lead to cassation.