Chaos spread in Brazil’s Congress due to forced removal of politician

brazilThere was chaos in Congress when a federal deputy was forcibly removed from the Speaker’s chair in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday (December 9) after he protested to prevent a vote on his expulsion on Wednesday.

Leftist politician Glauber Braga occupied Chamber of Deputies president Hugo Motta’s seat to protest as lawmakers prepared to vote on a motion that could strip him of his mandate over allegations that he previously attacked a demonstrator who confronted him inside the legislature in 2024.

The session was suspended and its official broadcast was cut short as journalists were ordered to leave the chamber.