São Paulo Lawmakers Confirm Wagner Rosário to TCE-SP in 59–16 Vote

Overview

• Rosário will fill the seat vacated by Antônio Roque Citadini, who retired in August shortly before reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
• Governor Tarcísio de Freitas nominated Rosário on August 21 and, following the confirmation, selected Rodrigo Fontenelle to succeed him as São Paulo’s controller-general.
• Three earlier attempts to hold the vote failed as opposition parties pursued procedural obstruction and pro-government absences on trips abroad complicated quorum.
• Opposition criticism focused on Rosário’s participation in a July 2022 ministerial meeting about electronic voting used in federal investigations, though he was not charged and appeared only as a witness.
• The seven-member TCE-SP audits and judges state and most municipal accounts, and the counselor position pays R$46,366.19 per month.