Brasília - Today members of the Constitution and Justice Commission in the Chamber of Deputies (Comissão de Constituição e Justiça da Câmara) (CCJ) will examine a motion by deputy Roberto Jefferson (PTB-RJ) in which he alleges that he was unable to exercise his right to defend himself and was deprived of due process.

Jefferson's appeal to the CCJ is an attempt to avoid expulsion from Congress and the loss of his mandate. The PL has sponsored a motion to expel Jefferson, accusing him of infringing parliamentary decorum by making accusations without proof. According to Jefferson, there was a payoff scheme in the Congress in which members of parties allied with the government got monthly payments to ensure that they voted with the government.

Translator: Allen Bennett