TJMG Unanimously Acquits Alexandre Kalil in Improbity Case

Overview

• A three‑judge panel at the Tribunal de Justiça de Minas Gerais reversed the first‑instance conviction and removed a R$100,000 fine plus a five‑year suspension of political rights.
• The court found no proof that Kalil intentionally disobeyed the judicial order and saw no measurable financial harm to public coffers, which were the central legal bases for the earlier penalty.
• The public civil action brought by the Ministério Público de Minas Gerais alleged failure to enforce a 2020 order to remove gates and barriers that limited access to streets and a square in the Condomínio Clube dos Caçadores in Mangabeiras.
• Kalil’s defense argued the structures predated his administration and that he did not directly authorize a 2019 permission term, a factual dispute the appellate court treated as insufficient to establish administrative wrongdoing.
• The ruling removes an immediate legal barrier to Kalil’s bid for governor and may influence how courts weigh intent and measurable patrimonial damage in future improbity cases involving municipal control of urban public space.