André Ceciliano

André Luiz Ceciliano (born February 28, 1968) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT).

[6] During his first term, he was elected third vice president of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (ALERJ) board of directors for the 1999–2000 biennium.

[8] His coalition appealed to the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro (TRE-RJ), claiming to have provided evidence of vote buying.

[9] In a subsequent ruling, the TRE-RJ annulled[10] the mandate of the then-inaugurated Flavio Campos Ferreira, restoring the control of Paracambi's city hall to André Ceciliano.

[26] On April 11, 2017, André Ceciliano temporarily assumed the presidency of the ALERJ due to the medical leave of the then-president Jorge Picciani.

[27] On November 17, 2017, Ceciliano voted for the revocation of the arrest of the deputies Jorge Picciani, Paulo Melo, and Edson Albertassi, who were accused in the Cadeia Velha operation of being part of a criminal scheme involving public officials from the executive and legislative branches, as well as the State Court of Auditors, along with major construction and transportation entrepreneurs.

[30] The document details information on the banking operations of 75 employees and former staffers of the ALERJ, cited in reports of suspicious financial transactions.

[32] The Ministério Público Federal, in a separate note, clarified that not all the suspicious activities mentioned in the document were necessarily illicit.

[49][50][51] Criticized by members of the PSB, PSOL, and other left-wing groups such as artists and influencers,[52][53] due to his closeness to Governor Cláudio Castro and other bolsonarist politicians;[54][55][56][57] and for pressuring Alessandro Molon, the PSB federal deputy, to withdraw from the Senate race, despite Molon leading Ceciliano in the polls and being closer to surpassing Romário, the re-election candidate from the PL.

Romário and Alessandro Molon were Ceciliano's competitors for the Senate seat in 2022