Overview
- The Tribunal Superior Eleitoral formed a 4–0 majority on Monday to uphold Minister Floriano de Azevedo Marques’s liminar that bars Deltan Dallagnol from campaign acts, use of party and public campaign funds, and broadcast advertising while the TSE reviews a challenge to his registration.
- Dallagnol says he will appeal, his name will remain on the ballot, and his lawyers argue they were denied full access to the sealed case file before the suspension was ordered.
- The relator and the court relied on the TSE’s 2023 finding that Dallagnol left the federal prosecutor’s office to avoid disciplinary scrutiny, and the relator said a later archiving of administrative probes does not erase that conduct.
- Electoral pressure is rising for other candidates and institutions as the Quaest poll released this week shows Flávio Bolsonaro narrowly ahead of President Lula 42% to 41% in a second‑round test and the Ministério Público Eleitoral has asked courts to bar Antonio Rueda over alleged militia‑linked support.
- Separately, reports that the Lula government is preparing a provisional measure to restrict online betting have prompted urgent warnings from major football clubs about financial harm and the risk of unregulated platforms, a policy move that could reshape campaign narratives and sector finances in the closing days.