Overview
- Zambelli's lawyers filed a preventive habeas corpus at the STF on Monday, Sept. 21, asking for a salvo‑conduto to enter Brazil on Oct. 3, vote on Oct. 4 for her mother Rita Zambelli, and return to Italy on Oct. 5 without being arrested.
- She carries two final STF convictions: 10 years for invading CNJ computer systems and inserting a false arrest warrant and 5 years and 3 months for an armed pursuit in 2022, both of which expose her to arrest on return.
- The defense cites recent rulings by Italian courts, including the Corte di Cassazione, which revoked an earlier extradition order and flagged possible objective partiality in the Brazilian proceedings as a key basis for the petition.
- Lawyers also ask the STF to suspend execution of her sentences pending judgment of Petition 16.662, which involves messages tied to businessman Daniel Vorcaro and Minister Alexandre de Moraes, while stressing the petition does not assert a judicial finding of misconduct.
- The STF has not yet ruled on the request and its decision will shape whether Zambelli can vote in person, affect enforcement of her convictions, and feed wider public debate over judicial impartiality and electoral campaigning.