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Senate Fast-Tracks Impeachment Overhaul After Gilmar Mendes' Injunction

The rush reflects a broader power struggle as the Supreme Court prepares to review the injunction on Dec. 12.

Relator diz que pedidos de impeachment não podem ser feitos de forma individualizada e precisam atender “critérios mínimos e representativos”.
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Overview

  • The Senate’s Constitution and Justice Committee scheduled Dec. 10 to take up PL 1,388/2023, a rewrite of Brazil’s 1950 impeachment law drafted by a jurists’ commission.
  • Relator Weverton Rocha said his report, due Dec. 8, will bar individual filings and allow petitions only from representative entities, parties with congressional seats, or a popular initiative with at least 1.5 million signatures.
  • Rocha indicated the draft embraces a qualified threshold of 54 votes for the Senate to admit a case, aligning with Gilmar Mendes’ injunction that also centralized filings at the Prosecutor General’s Office.
  • Mendes’ order jeopardizes dozens of existing complaints, with at least 68 active impeachment requests reported as vulnerable if the decision is upheld by the full court.
  • Senate President Davi Alcolumbre also set a Dec. 9 floor vote on the Marco Temporal PEC, highlighting escalating friction as Congress moves procedurally while the STF readies its Dec. 12 review.