<P> Criminal proceedings may be suspended for crimes committed only after a parliamentarian begins his term of office, and requests for suspensions need to be approved by majority of members of Parliament . Members of the National Congress as well as other high level politicians are prosecuted and judged exclusively by the Supreme Court, as opposed to the lower courts . </P> <P> As of 2007, no Brazilian politician has ever been convicted by the Supreme Federal Tribunal of any crime since parliamentary immunity was instituted in 1988 . </P> <P> After the Mensalão scandal in 2005, the Supreme Federal Tribunal surprised many when, on August 24, 2007, it accepted the indictments of 40 individuals, most which are former or current federal deputies, all of which were allies of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva . </P> <P> Members of the Parliament of France enjoy irresponsibility for what they did as parliamentarians, and partial inviolability--that is, severe restrictions for the police or justice to arrest or detain them . Both irresponsibility and inviolability are mandated by article 26 of the Constitution of France . </P>

Where does it discuss the idea of congressman and the idea of immunity from arrest