Márlon Reis, one of the creators of anti-corruption legislation, says proposals meet the former president’s “power of power”
Lawyer and former judge Márlon Reis, one of the authors of (135/2010), criticized the processing of the two bills that seek to change the conditions of the ineligibility provided for in the current legislation. The texts, presented by PL deputies, may benefit the former president if they are approved.
The federal deputies (PL-RS) e (PL-RJ) want to change the time of ineligibility from 8 to 2 years. Nunes also proposes that the prohibition of application occurs only in case of Already Helio suggests that the veto only happen if there is a conviction in the last instance or by a collegiate body. The two proposals could allow Bolsonaro, declared ineligible by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) by 2030, could run for the next presidential elections in 2026.
In an interview with Poder360Kings said that the bills have “name and surnameBy Jair Bolsonaro. Criticized the “power ambitionFrom the former president and said that popular mobilization should bar the progress of projects that seek to make anti-corruption legislation flexible.
“The Bill It is addressed, it has an individual, immediate beneficiary, which is former President Jair Bolsonaro, and the proof of this is that the Clean Record Law contains dozens of ineligibility hypotheses and is only being requested to change the deadline in the only one that reached Bolsonaro, which was the abuse of power“, These.
The Clean Record Law came into force in 2010, amending provisions of the 1990 Inelectibilities Act. The text hardened the parameters that make people inapt to compete and occupy public office.
According to the text in force, those convicted of certain crimes in a final decision (when there is no further appeal) or rendered by a collegiate judicial body may not run for elections. Nor can they apply for those sentenced to the suspension of political rights in a final decision or by a collegiate judicial body in cases of intentional act (when there is an intention to commit an irregularity) of administrative misconduct.
The legislation was born as a popular initiative that raised about 1.6 million signatures. The project was coordinated by MCCE (Fighting Electoral Corruption Movement), a non -profit organization composed of 70 national entities.
Marlon Reis is one of the members of the MCCE and creator of the anti-corruption project.
“Society mobilized to millions to make an ineligibility of 8 years for this hypothesis. It makes no sense that now, for the benefit of a person condemned by the TSE, in 2 proceedings, the law is changed to benefit that person and, by dragging, to bring all the condemned for abuse of power in the elections in Brazil”He said.
8 years are equivalent to 3 elections
Prior to the Clean Record Law in 2010, the legislation provided for a period of 3 years for ineligibility – a deadline that, according to Márlon Reis, was “ridiculous”.
“What it means [os 8 anos de inelegibilidade]? Only 3 elections, because in the 4th election the eligibility is already won. So, before, what did we have? We had a period of 3 years that allowed the person who practiced an abuse of power in an mayor election to participate in the next mayor election, because the term is four years. It was ridiculous”He said in an interview.
In his bill, federal deputy Bibo Nunes reduces the condition of ineligibility by ¼ of what it is today. For him, “The ineligibility for 2 (two) years following the electoral election is a more than enough sanction for the ends that aims to ineligibilityAnd that the change from 3 to 8 years is “harsh and long”.
For Reis, the Bolsonarist Deputy’s strategy seeks to overthrow ineligibility in Brazil in a way “bold”.
“He should be more honest to request the revocation of the law, because at 2 years he has no ineligibility. Two years later already has the municipal election and the person can participate, because account of the date of the election. It is an unusual way to defend ‘free released’ in Brazilian politics”He said.
Bolsonaro wants revocation of the Clean Record Law
After the projects were reported, Bolsonaro published a video defending the revocation of the Clean Record Law. Says anti-corruption legislation serves “so that right -wing politicians”.
As a justification, he said that he would have the voter to decide who to vote and not to the Electoral Justice. Stated that in the past, the law benefited the former president (PT) and the President (PT), which disputed the 2022 elections after the Supreme Federal Court (STF) annul their convictions.
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For Reis, the Clean Record Law is one of the great victories of popular participation in the newsroom of Brazil. To the detriment of the projects presented by the PL, the MCCE National Committee will meet in Brasilia next Wednesday (12.FEV.2025).
“The work of society today is to maintain this achievement, it is a popular achievement, it is not my achievement, it is not an achievement of some deputy, it is an achievement of Brazilian society. It is the Brazilian public opinion that shields the Clean Record Law ”, declared.
“It is the bill Jair Bolsonaro and he will have to take it to the rest of his life, to discuss how a popular achievement is destroyed to satisfy his personal ambition of his power.”
