Dallagnol’s conviction was based on an amendment to the Clean Record Law proposed by the current Minister of Justice when he held the position of federal deputy.| Photo: Zeca Ribeiro/Chamber of Deputies

The impeachment of federal deputy Deltan Dallagnol (Podemos-PR) by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), on Tuesday night (16), was marked by an amendment to the Clean Record Law proposed by the Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, when held the position of federal deputy for the PCdoB of Maranhão in 2010.

At the time, the then parliamentarian proposed legislation with the aim of “avoiding that a request for dismissal or voluntary retirement is made to rule out any ineligibility of a member of the MP [Ministério Público]”, said Dino in the justification of the text.

The amendment covers members of the MP who are compulsorily retired, lost their position by sentence or who ask for exoneration or voluntary retirement while there is a judgment of Disciplinary Administrative Proceedings. Dino also imposed a sentence of eight years of ineligibility counted from the fact or decision.

Despite the revocation of his mandate, Dallagnol can still appeal the decision to the TSE itself or to the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The deputy and the defense will explain the next steps of the appeal this Wednesday afternoon (17).

In a post on social media Hours after the TSE’s decision, Dino mocked Dallagnol’s conviction and published the text of the amendment saying: “I swear I don’t travel in time, before they accuse me of it.”