Overview

• Carla Zambelli’s nonrenewable 127‑day leave ended on October 2, and the Chamber will now record her absences, which can automatically strip a deputy’s mandate if unexcused absences exceed one‑third of sessions in the year.
• Detained near Rome since July after an Interpol listing, the congresswoman left Brazil in May via Argentina, traveled through the United States, and was captured in Italy weeks later.
• The Chamber’s Constitution and Justice Committee is running a separate cassation case after hearing Zambelli and hacker Walter Delgatti by videoconference, with a report due within up to ten sessions and any ouster requiring 257 votes in plenary.
• The Supreme Federal Court convicted her in May to 10 years and 8 months for invading the CNJ system and separately to 5 years and 3 months for illegal carry and coercion stemming from a 2022 incident.
• Her pay remains suspended by order of Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and the STF’s extradition request is before Italian authorities, who are expected to respond by the end of October.