Fernando Francischini

Fernando Destito Francischini (born 26 March 1970) commonly referred to as Delegado Francischini is a Brazilian politician, as well as a captain in the Brazilian military police. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served as state representative in the lower house of the national legislature from 2011 to 2019 and the state legislature since 2019.^[1]

Fernando Francischini
Francischini in 2011
State Deputy for Paraná
In office 1 February 2019 – 28 October 2021
Secretary of Public Security for Paraná
In office 14 December 2014 – 8 May 2015
Federal Deputy for Paraná
In office 1 February 2011 – 31 January 2019
Personal details
Born	(1970-03-26) 26 March 1970 (age 53) Londrina, Brazil
Political party	UNIÃO (2022–present)
Other political affiliations	PSL (2018–2022) SD (2013–2018) PATRIOTA (2012–2013) PSDB (2009–2012)
Profession	military police officer
Military service
Branch/service	Military Police
Rank	Military Police captain

Personal life

Francischini is a devout evangelical Christian and member of the Pentecostal church Assembleias de Deus.^[2] His son Felipe Francischini is also a politician, having served in both the state legislature and the lower house of the national legislature as his father.^[3]

Political career

Francischini voted in favor of the impeachment motion of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[4] He voted in favor raising the spending ceiling of Brazil's government but voted against the 2017 Brazilian labor reforms^[5] Francischini voted in favor of a similar corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[6]

In November 2016, Francischini opposed "caixa 2" amnesty bill,^[7] along with fellow federal deputies Onyx Lorenzoni,^[7] Alessandro Molon,^[8] Vanderlei Macris,^[9] Carlos Sampaio,^[9] Joaquim Passarinho,^[9] and Senators Alvaro Dias^[10] and Ana Amélia Lemos,^[11] listening to the claims of the civil society that signed for the approval of the 10 Anti-corruption Measures, and of the Public Prosecutor's Office, author of the bill.^[7]

In March 2018 Francischini joined the Social Liberal Party and endorsed Jair Bolsonaro's campaign for president of Brazil.^[12]

In October 2021, after an investigation by the police and prosecutors, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) ruled that Francischini had violated electoral law by making false claims about the Brazilian electronic voting system in 2018. TSE removed him from his seat in the state legislature and banned him from elected offices for the next eight years.^[13] Francischini filed an appeal against the ruling but it was later dismissed by the Brazilian Supreme Court.^[14]

References

1. "DELEGADO FRANCISCHINI – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 March 2019.
2. Marés, Chico (16 September 2012). "De olho no voto evangélico, candidatos brigam por pastores" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
3. Bubniak, Taiana (14 October 2014). "Felipe Francischini: Tive que mostrar que tenho um histórico próprio de lutas" (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
4. (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
5. "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer] (in Portuguese). G1 Globo. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
6. (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
7. Nascimento, Luciano (23 November 2016). "Presidente e relator de comissão anticorrupção repudiam anistia a caixa dois" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
8. ""No Congresso parece existir fantasma", diz Molon sobre anistia ao caixa dois" (in Portuguese). Jovem Pan. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
9. "Tentativa de votar proposta sobre caixa dois é alvo de críticas em comissão especial" (in Portuguese). Câmara dos Deputados. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
10. "Alvaro Dias critica tentativa de anistia a quem fez "caixa dois"" (in Portuguese). Senado Notícias. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
11. "Senadora é contra tentativa de anistiar Caixa 2" (in Portuguese). Senadora Ana Amélia. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
12. Campana, Fábio (7 March 2018). "Bolsonaro e Francischini no PSL". fabiocampana.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 September 2019.
13. "TSE cassa por 6 votos a 1 deputado do PR acusado de divulgar 'fake news' sobre urnas eletrônicas". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
14. "STF mantém cassação do deputado estadual do PR Fernando Francischini". Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-09-25.