CNJ suspends the revocation of councilor Aava Santiago’s mandate

The National Council of Justice (CNJ) suspended the effects of the ruling made by the Regional Electoral Court of Goiás (TRE-GO) which determines the revocation of the mandate of councilor Aava Santiago (PSB). According to the decision, there is evidence of inappropriate use of Artificial Intelligence in the text that determined the revocation.

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The preliminary decision was handed down by Minister Benedito Gonçalves, who also ordered TRE-GO to provide clarifications within 15 days. In the document, the councilor claims that in the final text of the decision there are commands, instructions and conference records that would reveal the possible use of AI without human review.

"Reading the passages reproduced in the initial evidence, in theory, the existence of notes that appear to correspond to internal review instructions, intended precisely to check the correction of factual and legal premises used in the construction of the reasoning for the judgment.", said the magistrate about the councilor's allegations, stated the minister.

As a result, it ordered the suspension of the ruling to verify the administrative regularity of the procedures and human supervision mechanisms provided for in the CNJ resolution. He also said that the analysis does not involve reviewing the merits of the judgment carried out by the Electoral Court, but "protecting the effectiveness of administrative supervision".

In a statement to the press, councilor Aava Santiago's communications office said that the decision reinforces the need for transparency and responsibility in the actions of the Judiciary, "especially when political rights and representation of the population are at stake."