Dino maintains Brazão’s cassation, accused of being the mastermind of Marielle’s murder

Minister Flávio Dino of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) rejected on Thursday (18) the request for the defense of former federal deputy Chiquinho Brazão (without party-RJ) to suspend the decision that revoked his parliamentary mandate. Brazão is accused of being one of the principals of the murder of Councilwoman Marielle Franco (PSOL) and driver Anderson Gomes in 2018.

Arrested since March 2024, Brazão had already lost his mandate in April this year by decision of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies, under the justification of successive and unjustified absences to plenary sessions. The defense argued that the cassation was unconstitutional, as its absence was due to pre -trial detention, which prevented him from participating even remotely.

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In analyzing the case, Dino pointed out that the House Internal Regulations do not provide for parliamentary license due to pre -trial detention. For the minister, there was no irregularity in the process that resulted in the loss of the mandate.

Still, the magistrate stressed that the decision may be reviewed depending on the outcome of the criminal proceedings ongoing the Marielle case.

Brazão, along with Brother Domingos Brazão, advisor to the Rio de Janeiro Court of Auditors (TCE-RJ), was denounced by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) as one of the principals of the crime, after award-winning former military police officer Ronnie Lessa, confessed executor.

The defense of the former deputy insists that the cassation violated constitutional guarantees and represents a political punishment before the judgment of the merit in criminal proceedings. The Supreme Court, however, maintained the position of the House, reinforcing that the pre -trial detention makes it impossible to exercise the mandate and cannot be used as a justification to remove penalties provided for in the Regiment.