Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro risks losing his mandate over unjustified absences

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Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro may lose his mandate this year if he exceeds the limit of unjustified absences from Senate voting sessions. Flávio has 11 unjustified absences in 2026, and Senate rules mandate loss of mandate for missing over one-third of deliberative sessions. With 72 sessions projected this year, 24 absences would trigger the threshold, which he could reach by December. The senator fled to the United States after being ordered to surrender his passports by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes amid a money laundering investigation. He claims he left as a political strategy, not a flight.


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