STF to Publish Formal Ruling, Opening 5-Day Window for New Appeals in Bolsonaro Case

Overview

• With the appeals phase concluded, the Supreme Federal Court will issue the judgment minutes and the acórdão that formalize the First Panel’s decision.
• The publications trigger a five-day deadline for second embargos de declaração, which seek clarifications and can be rejected if deemed merely dilatory.
• Embargos infringentes are largely unavailable because fewer than two ministers voted for acquittal, though Alexandre de Moraes will rule on any filings and denials can be taken to the panel.
• Prison terms will be enforced only after trânsito em julgado, and most defendants would begin in a closed regime due to sentences exceeding eight years.
• Jair Bolsonaro remains convicted of an attempted coup and four other crimes with a 27-year, 3-month sentence, while Mauro Cid is already serving a two-year term in an open regime.