STF First Panel to Begin Review of Reinstatement for Santa Catarina Delegate Candidate Barred Over Spouse’s Conviction

Overview

• Lays Lopes Carneiro Barcelos was provisionally reinstated by Minister Flávio Dino after being cut in the social background check phase of the police delegate concurso.
• Votes in the Supreme Court’s First Panel are set to open on November 14 with a window for members to cast their ballots through November 25.
• Dino’s October injunction cited the presumption of innocence, individualization of punishment and the ban on penalties extending to third parties as reasons to avoid irreparable harm.
• The minister ordered submission of an updated criminal certificate and sentencing records for the spouse, plus documents showing ten years of employment history, to inform the merits ruling.
• The Santa Catarina Court of Justice had upheld her disqualification as incompatible with the role, and the state’s police chief, Ulisses Gabriel, publicly criticized the reinstatement on social media.