A blockade mounted by allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro inside Brazil’s Congress ended late Wednesday after Chamber of Deputies Speaker Hugo Motta ordered the Legislative Police to clear the plenary and threatened to suspend offending lawmakers for up to six months. The sit-in, which lasted about 30 hours, began after Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes placed Bolsonaro under house arrest on Monday evening. Bolsonarista legislators said they would halt proceedings until the Chamber voted on an amnesty bill for participants in the 8 January riots and until the Senate launched impeachment proceedings against Moraes. Motta scheduled a session for 8:30 p.m. and warned that any deputy still obstructing business would be removed, prompting police intervention and the eventual restoration of order. Across the corridor, Senate President Davi Alcolumbre rejected a request signed by 41 senators to impeach Moraes, stating that the decision to open such a process rests solely with his office regardless of the signature count. Progressistas party chief Ciro Nogueira acknowledged that the initiative would not advance, while negotiations continued over whether and when to vote on the proposed amnesty. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice Moraes allowed Bolsonaro, held in preventive house arrest, to receive visits from São Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas and allied lawmakers. The political standoff underscores tensions between the judiciary and right-wing opposition as Congress seeks to resume its legislative agenda.
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