The Electoral Public Ministry (MPE) in Brazil has requested the annulment of the candidacy for vice-governor of Yale Barbosa Fernandes in Alagoas, alleging he failed to meet the strict legal deadline to step down from his municipal government post. Mr. Fernandes is the running mate of former federal minister and two-term governor Renan Filho (MDB), whose high-profile bid for the Alagoas state executive is one of the most closely watched races in Brazil’s Northeast this election cycle. The challenge, which must now be decided by the Regional Electoral Court of Alagoas (TRE-AL), centers on the required "desincompatibilização"—the act of resignation required by Brazilian law for public officials seeking election.