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Mecias de Jesus Resigns From Senate as Roberta Acioly Is Sworn In, With TCE-RR Oath on March 16

The outgoing senator left Republicanos to take a lifetime audit court seat created by Manoel Dantas’s retirement.

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Roberta Acioly assumirá no lugar de Mecias de Jesus. Tribunais de contas atraíram partidos após de envolvimento do TCU no caso Master.
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Overview

  • Roberta Acioly, the first substitute on the 2018 ticket, assumed Roraima’s Senate seat on March 11 and will serve until January 31, 2027.
  • With Acioly’s arrival, the Senate now counts 17 women among its 81 members, according to congressional reporting.
  • The Tribunal de Contas de Roraima scheduled Mecias de Jesus’s swearing-in as conselheiro for March 16, a position held until mandatory retirement at age 75.
  • Mecias will fill the vacancy opened by the June 2025 retirement of Manoel Dantas after being nominated by Governor Antonio Denarium and approved on August 21, 2025.
  • In his farewell, Mecias announced he is leaving political life, filed for disaffiliation from Republicanos, and stepped down from the party’s national vice-presidency.