For the first time in 20 years, former governor Gladson Camelí is left without an elective mandate in Acre; SEE history

Former governor Gladson Camelí (PP) lost the dispute for one of Acre's two seats in the Senate in last Sunday's elections (4). As a result, in 2027, he will be without an elected mandate for the first time in 20 years.

The politician, who established a career in the PP since 2005, ran in the 2006 elections for the first time, when he was elected federal deputy. Since then, he had never lost any dispute.

However, with 100% of the ballots counted, Camelí appeared in third place among Acre's candidates for the Senate on Sunday (4), with 16.59% of the votes (145,244), even though they remain sub judice. He was behind Márcio Bittar (PL), who received 25.59% of the votes (223,972) and Mara Rocha (Republicans) with 17.95% of the votes (157,104 votes).

According to electoral legislation, candidates with rejected registration who still have an appeal pending can continue in the race and remain on the ballot. Votes are tallied, but will only be validated if the decision is reversed. In proportional elections, however, eventual validation does not simply mean replacing one candidate with another.

Born in Cruzeiro do Sul, Gladson is the nephew of the former governor of Acre Orleir Cameli, who died in 2013. He graduated in Civil Engineering and, influenced by his uncle, became interested in politics.

In 2006, he ran for his first elected position, federal deputy, and was elected with 18,886 votes;

In 2010, Camelí was re-elected with just over 30 thousand votes;

After his time in the Federal Chamber, he ran for office and was elected senator for Acre in 2014, at the time aged 36, the youngest in that legislature. Gladson obtained 58.37% of the valid votes (218 thousand votes), defeating Perpétua Almeida (PCdoB), who achieved 36% of the votes;

In 2018, Camelí contested the elections for government of Acre and won with 53.71% of the votes (223,993);

In 2022, he was re-elected with 56.75% of the votes (242,100).

He was no longer governor due to having resigned in April to be able to contest this year's elections.

In September, the STJ denied the former governor's appeal against the conviction. The appeal for embargo of declaration filed by his defense was judged by the Special Court of the STJ.

With the conviction by a collegial body in May, Gladson Camelí now falls within the ineligibility rules of the Clean Record Law. In practice, he will not be able to run for public office for eight years.

The May decision also maintains precautionary measures already imposed, such as blocking assets and restricting contact with other people being investigated. Serving the sentence must follow legal procedures, with the possibility of appeals by the defense.

More recently, the former governor of Acre was the target of an operation, where his cell phone and three vehicles were seized by agents in the Recanto Verde condominium, where Camelí lives.

The action was part of Operation Ptolemy IV, a new stage of investigations that began at the end of 2021, at the beginning of his second term, which investigate suspicions of embezzlement of public resources, money laundering and other irregularities involving contracts in Acre. The operation was launched by the Federal Police (PF) in conjunction with the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU).