Paraná Ethics Council Recommends Removing Deputy Renato Freitas From Office

Overview

• Five of six members on the Assembly’s Ethics Council voted Tuesday to urge removal of Renato Freitas, endorsing a report by Márcio Pacheco as Dr. Antenor cast the sole dissent.
• The decision opens a five-day window for an appeal to the Assembly’s Constitution and Justice Commission, and Freitas said he will contest the ruling.
• The CCJ reviews only legal and procedural issues, and any removal would then need an absolute majority in the full chamber, which means at least 28 of 54 deputies.
• The case stems from a November 2025 fight with a valet in downtown Curitiba, captured on video that shows punches and kicks, and Freitas says he reacted to an attempted run-over and left with a broken nose.
• In the same meeting, the council also backed two 30-day suspensions in separate complaints over a supermarket protest and a dispute with Pacheco and an aide, and Freitas called the proceedings political persecution and a product of institutional racism.