Senate CCJ Postpones Impeachment Overhaul to 2026 After Rapporteur Withdraws Text

Overview

• The Constitution and Justice Committee halted the reading and vote at Senator Weverton Rocha’s request after he met with author Rodrigo Pacheco, who urged an additional plenary debate after the recess.
• Weverton said he will adjust a prior draft and incorporate suggestions received from senators as well as inputs from the Armed Forces and members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
• He stressed the bill’s scope extends beyond Supreme Court justices to include the president, vice president, cabinet ministers, the PGR and AGU, members of the CNJ and CNMP, Armed Forces, superior court judges, the TCU, governors and mayors.
• The move follows a monocratic decision by Justice Gilmar Mendes limiting who can file impeachment requests against Supreme Court ministers, a ruling criticized by congressional leaders including Senate President Davi Alcolumbre.
• According to draft features described by senators, the proposal would end individual citizen filings, set deadlines for chamber leaders, expand covered offenses and procedures, allow up to 180 days of paid suspension once a case is opened, and assign a magistrate‑led special commission to conduct the process.