Overview
- Party leaders confirmed a filiation event Friday in São Paulo’s Vila Olímpia as Marçal departs PRTB.
- Marçal remains under an eight-year ineligibility imposed by São Paulo’s regional electoral court, with the case now on appeal at the TSE.
- União Brasil signals interest in launching him for federal deputy or possibly senator if the bans are overturned.
- The electoral rulings cite misuse of media and an offer to promote council candidates for R$5,000, and they include a R$420,000 fine for disobeying a court order.
- Recent legal developments include a R$100,000 civil damages order to Guilherme Boulos over a false report and a settlement with José Luiz Datena that ended lawsuits from a 2024 debate clash.