The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE) rejected this Thursday (16) the candidacy registration of federal deputy Deltan Dallagnol (Podemos). For ministers, Deltan asked for dismissal from the position of prosecutor to avoid administrative punishment, which could make him ineligible.
In practice, this means the revocation of the mandate. The votes received by Dallagnol will be destined for the party. He was elected by the state of Paraná with 344,000 votes.
During his argument, the rapporteur for the case at the TSE, Minister Benedito Gonçalves, stated that the elements showed Dallagnol's clear intention to escape administrative punishment. "That maneuver prevented the 15 administrative procedures being processed by the National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office in his disfavor from generating disciplinary administrative processes, which could give rise to a penalty of compulsory retirement or loss of position."
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All ministers voted with the rapporteur.
The decision will be executed immediately, with no need for the sentence to be published. Deltan, who acted as a prosecutor for Operation Car Wash (Operação Lava Jato), may appeal to the TSE itself and to the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF), already out of office.
The impeachment request was presented by the federation that brings together the Workers' Party - Communist Party of Brazil - Green Party, as well as by the National Mobilization Party. The Regional Electoral Court of Paraná (TRE-PR) did not accept the request, but the parties appealed to the TSE.
The parties argued that Dallagnol should be ineligible due to his conviction by the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU) on account of expenses with hotel rates and transport tickets for other prosecutors from Operation Car Wash and for having requested dismissal from the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in order to avoid 15 administrative procedures at the National Council of Public Prosecutors, which could lead to penalties such as compulsory retirement or dismissal.
Edited by: Thalita Pires e Flávia Chacon
