Overview
- STF minister Flávio Dino suspended the Aleam provision on Monday, July 13, 2026, ruling that the vice-president cannot assume the presidency definitively without a new plenary vote.
- The Court ordered temporary use of Article 8 of the Câmara dos Deputados' internal rules, which requires the assembly to hold a new presidential election within a short, defined timeframe.
- The Aleam scheduled an extraordinary session for Wednesday, July 15, to elect a president under the procedure set out in the STF decision and the assembly published a formal call for the vote.
- The legal challenge came from the Solidariedade party, which filed an ADI after the succession clause was added as an unrelated amendment to a 2023 project in what the Court described as a 'jabuti' that bypassed proper debate.
- The liminar requires Aleam to correct its regimental gap in the next legislature and will be sent to the full STF for referendo between August 14 and 21, with the assembly president ordered to supply information to the Court within the decision's deadline.