✓ verbatim from the press ◦ composed from multiple sources
Minister Gilmar Mendes requested examination and interrupted this Thursday (28) the virtual trial that was analyzing the constitutionality of changes to the Ficha Limpa law approved by Congress. The voting, which had begun on Friday (22), stood at 2-0 for partial suspension of alterations promoted by Complementary Law 219/2025. ✓
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"O ministro Gilmar Mendes, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), pediu vista do processo e interrompeu o julgamento virtual que analisava a constitucionalidade das mudanças na Lei da Ficha Limpa. A votação havia sido aberta na sexta-feira (22) e estava prevista para se encerrar nesta quinta-feira (28), com o placar de 2 votos a 0 contrário às alterações feitas pelo Congresso Nacional."
The Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI) 7881 was assigned to Minister Cármen Lúcia and contests Complementary Law 219/2025, which altered ineligibility criteria of the Ficha Limpa law. Until the interruption, only rapporteur Cármen Lúcia and Minister Luiz Fux had voted, both against the changes. Eight ministers' votes were still pending. ◦
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"A Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade (ADI) 7881 foi distribuída à ministra Cármen Lúcia. A Lei Complementar (LC) 219/2025, sancionada com veto parcial pelo presidente da República nesta semana, alterou trechos da Lei de Inelegibilidades (LC 64/1990), introduzidos pela Lei da Ficha Limpa (LC 135/2010)"
The alterations questioned at STF shorten ineligibility periods for convicted politicians. The text approved by Congress makes the eight-year period count from conviction, not after serving the sentence, as currently occurs. The law also establishes a 12-year ceiling for ineligibility for politicians with multiple convictions. ✓
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"As alterações questionadas no Supremo encurtam os prazos de inelegibilidade para políticos condenados. Pelo texto aprovado pelo Congresso, o prazo de oito anos passa a ser contado a partir da condenação, e não após o cumprimento da pena, como ocorre atualmente. A lei também estabelece um teto de 12 anos de inelegibilidade para políticos com condenações múltiplas."
With the examination request, Gilmar Mendes will have up to 90 days to analyze the case and return the process to the plenary. The action was filed by Rede Sustentabilidade on the same day the new legislation was sanctioned, in September last year. If the changes are validated by STF, the decision could benefit figures like former deputy Eduardo Cunha and former governors Sérgio Cabral and Anthony Garotinho. ✓
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"Com o pedido, o decano da Corte terá até 90 dias para devolver o processo para análise do plenário."
Gilmar Mendes requested examination and suspended judgment on Thursday (28)
Score was 2-0 against alterations before suspension
Covered by only some sources, or where the accounts diverge.
Covered by only some sources (2)
Cármen Lúcia identified irregularity in legislative process because Senate altered merit without returning to Chamber
Rapporteur classified alterations as setback in Ficha Limpa law guarantees
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What binding precedents were invoked by the ministers in their votes?
Why it's still unknown: Complete votes by Cármen Lúcia and Luiz Fux were not made available, only the result
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What was the specific doctrinal framework used by the rapporteur?
Why it's still unknown: Sources only mention that Cármen Lúcia considered irregularity in the legislative process, but don't detail the doctrinal test applied
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Is there a temporal pattern in Gilmar Mendes' examination requests in Ficha Limpa cases?
Why it's still unknown: No source analyzed the minister's history of examination requests in similar cases
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What was PGR's position on the specific questioned provisions?
Why it's still unknown: Sources mention that PGR positioned for invalidation of specific excerpts, but don't detail which ones
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