The writer Marcelo Rubens Paiva told the Minister (15) of the Supreme Court (Supreme Court) on Saturday (15), that the court’s performance in relation to the amnesty law of the military dictatorship shames.
They are currently being processed in the Supreme, who forgave perpetrators of political or related crimes committed between 1961 and 1979, preventing punishment to torturers and responsible for the death of opponents during the regime.
The movement in the court was driven by the repercussion of the movie “”, which tells the story of the disappearance of former Deputy Rubens Paiva, father of Marcelo.
“Why did the Supreme need to wait so long to judge this law [da Anistia]? This shames me, “said the writer driving to Cármen, also president of the (Superior Electoral Court), at an event at the Faculty of Law of the 40th anniversary of redemocratization.
At the table were also present teachers Nina Ranieri and Lilia Schwarcz, from USP, Lucineia Rosa dos Santos (PUC-SP), as well as the aforementioned Marcelo Rubens Paiva and Carmen Lúcia. The mediation was by journalist Patrícia Campos Mello, from Sheet.
In his speech, Marcelo recalled the struggle for justice taken forward by his mother, Eunice Paiva, portrayed in the movie by.
“The Amnesty Law was approved by the government [do último presidente da ditadura, João] Figueiredo. A law made to protect the torturers, who stood for ten years in the Supreme drawer. My mother has been fighting this law since 1971. “
“My father’s torturer is still alive, living in Botafogo and receiving retirement. Of the six accused, three have died, two still live,” he added.
He also manifested himself against amnesty Bolsonarist movements to those involved in the attacks of January 8, 2023 and former President ().
“It is urgent to vote for the law of amnesty and, more than that, that there is no amnesty for scammers. Without amnesty,” he said.
Marcelo also stated that “the whole world is rooting for this trial,” referring to the complaint against Bolsonaro and 33 other accused in the case of the 2022 coup plot.
The first class of the (Supreme Federal Court) will decide, on March 25 and 26, whether or not the complaint of the PGR (Attorney General of the Republic) accepts.
Marcelo also questioned the public of the event about the urgency of popular mobilization, asking people to return to the streets and fight for social causes, such as the fight against, the racial issues and the amnesty of scammers.
“I think the government has to be more valuable, more participative. But it is necessary, it’s urgent: we need to go back to the streets.” He also mentions that the elections are approaching and there is a risk of a return from the far right to power.
“Where’s Simone Tebet? Geraldo Alckmin and the PSDB? We have to rebuild the broad front that defeated Bolsonaro. Let’s go back to the streets and the struggle so that fascism will not return to power.”
Carmen did not comment on Marcelo’s statements. At the event, she spoke before the writer and said that her generation fought for the amnesty.
“Therefore, we fought for amnesty, which we wanted a wide, general and unrestricted. It has a precarious amnesty, but we took to the streets in those days, we went out, weeping and the next day we continued the fights.”
The minister cited her academic and political trajectory and spoke of the importance of democracy as a continuous construction, but made no mention of the trial involving Jair Bolsonaro.
In his speech, he also mentioned violence against women and the exclusion of marginalized groups that, according to her, make it clear that Brazilian democracy is not yet full.
