The (Attorney General’s Office) spoke out this Thursday (19) for the release of the former federal deputy. In the body’s assessment, the Bolsonaro man met the requirements for remission of his sentence and served more than a third of his sentence. The expectation now is that the former parliamentarian will be released soon.
The PGR’s opinion was signed by Deputy Attorney General Hindenburgo Chateaubriand Filho and was produced by determination of December 12th by the case’s rapporteur, minister, after the defense’s request for conditional release.
“It was confirmed that he had fulfilled more than 1/3 of the sentence, as well as the subjective requirements, including the assessment of his personal conditions that lead to the assumption that he will not offend again, as established by article 83 of the Penal Code” , said the deputy PGR.
On October 7, Moraes authorized the former parliamentarian to go to the semi-open regime. In the decision, the rapporteur states that the Bolsonarista had good prison behavior.
“All legal requirements required for the sentence’s progression to the semi-open regime of serving their custodial sentence are present.
Silveira was sentenced in 2022 to eight years and nine months in prison, in an initial closed regime, for the crimes of threatening the Democratic Rule of Law by promoting attacks on court ministers and encouraging anti-democratic acts. He is also liable for coercion during the process.
A former military police officer, Silveira was arrested in 2021 after threatening Supreme Court ministers on video. The day after the decision, former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) granted a pardon to the then deputy. In May 2023, the court understood that there was a misuse of purpose in granting the benefit because the former deputy was a political ally of Bolsonaro and annulled the pardon.
In July, the rapporteur because the former deputy had not paid the fine of 175 minimum wages, with correction, set by the Supreme Court when sentencing him.
In the October decision, the rapporteur stated that Silveira fulfilled the legal requirements for progression, such as serving 25% of the sentence, including 140 days of reduction achieved with study and work hours, and full payment of a fine of R$ 271 thousand.
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