Overview

• Party leaders scheduled the National Executive meeting for Oct. 8 to approve a precautionary suspension of the Pará directory led by Sabino.
• Relator Fábio Schiochet recommends removing Sabino from the party’s Pará command and opening a regular expulsion process that guarantees his right to defense.
• The expulsion will not be automatic and could take up to about 60 days, effectively allowing Sabino to remain Tourism minister through November’s COP30 in Belém.
• Sabino told Lula on Sept. 26 that he had submitted his resignation but has stayed in the post despite a party ultimatum and a new rule mandating disciplinary action for those who refuse to quit government roles.
• Ronaldo Caiado has pressed for expulsion, party president Antônio de Rueda has denied media reports linking his aircraft to the PCC, and reporting says Sabino is weighing new-party options for a 2026 Senate bid.