Deltan says that Câmara bowed to the TSE’s unfair decision – 06/06/2023 – Politics

The impeached federal deputy Deltan Dallagnol (Podemos-PR) said this Tuesday (6) that the Chamber of Deputies gave in to a decision by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) that he calls unfair.

“Today the Board of the Chamber of Deputies decided to bow before an unfair decision by the TSE. Once again, the Legislative Branch decided to bow to the creation of the law by the Judiciary. Today the House of the People bowed against the will of the people” , he told reporters.

This afternoon, the Board of Directors of the Chambers unanimously declared the loss of the mandate of the deputy and former coordinator of the Operation Lava Jato task force in Curitiba, after a meeting held at the official residence of the Chamber.

It is only up to the Board to make the official declaration of the loss of mandate, in compliance with the TSE’s decision. On the last 16th, the electoral court unanimously revoked the registration of the candidacy and, consequently, the mandate of deputy.

Deltan said he did not regret “at any moment” what he did as a parliamentarian and said he would not do anything different to maintain his mandate.

“I leave the Chamber of Deputies today, but I leave with peace with those who honored their voters. I leave the National Congress with the peace of someone who was not impeached because he committed a crime, because he practiced corruption, because he was on napkin binges or because accepted a triplex in exchange for favors,” he said.

“I wasn’t impeached because I left the Public Ministry. I was impeached for what I did within the Public Ministry, for having dared to put corrupt people under the law for the first time. My crime was having defended my values, defended the truth and sought to corrupt politicians in jail for the first time in the history of Brazil. Today I am impeached by the hands of a minister denounced in the TSE and from the hands of an accused deputy in the Chamber”, he continued.

The cassation action stems from the representation of the Brazilian Federation of Hope (PT, PC do B and PV) and the PMN, who claimed that Deltan could not have left his career as a public prosecutor to enter politics because he responded to disciplinary complaints, investigation and requests for action from the CNMP —which oversees the functional duties of members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The opponents of the former prosecutor stated that the case fits into one of the ineligibility provisions defined with the 2010 edition of the Clean Record Law.