CNJ suspends decision that determined the loss 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 impeachment for party infidelity.

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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."

Before the ruling, in July this year, TRE-GO had already decided, by 6 votes to 1, to revoke the councilor's mandate. The decision had been maintained this Tuesday (6) and ended the suspensive condition of the process, determining immediate communication to the presidency of the Goiânia City Council so that the substitute appointed by the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) could be sworn in.

In the last elections, Aava Santiago ran for the position of federal deputy, received more than 120 thousand votes and was one of the best-voted candidates, but was unable to be elected. This happened because the proportional system is used to elect federal deputies.

With this, each party will elect a number of candidates proportional to the total number of votes received by the party. In this case, the PSB did not have enough votes for her to be elected.