Débora Rodrigues left jail on Saturday, but will have to comply with a series of precautionary measures, including the use of an electronic anklet
The (Supreme Federal Court) granted, this Friday (28), the right of house arrest to Débora Rodrigues dos Santos, arrested since March 2023 for participating in the acts of vandalism of 8 January and zipper, located in front of the Supreme Court. The minister complied with a request from the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), which claimed the need to reassess the situation of the detainee. Deborah left jail on Saturday and went home, but will have to comply with a series of precautionary measures, including the use of an electronic anklet and banning the use of social networks.
The decision was criticized by the former president (PL), which considered the measure a “tactical retreat” in the face of popular pressure. In an X (former Twitter) publication, Bolsonaro stated that “shame was too big to support” and stressed that the hairdresser will remain under restrictions with an electronic anklet. The former president also reinforced criticism of Minister Alexandre de Moraes and the treatment given to the prisoners of the acts of 8, classifying the penalties as “disproportionate” and “cruel revanchism.” In his tweet series, he also suggested that the change in the PGR position occurred due to “external pressure” and not for new facts or evidence. The decision to grant house arrest to Débora Rodrigues may still be reviewed according to the progress of the trial in the Supreme Court.
“We are not celebrating a breakthrough. We are witnessing a tactical retreat. And still covered in legal cynicism. In any case, at least the suffering of Deborah’s children may slow down. But we must continue to ask her and her family so that she is not in danger of returning to prison if she is unfairly sentenced to a high penalty,” Bolsonaro said. “We should also continue asking for hundreds of other victims of the cruel revanchism of Moraes: mothers, fathers, seniors, pregnant women, homeless people … There are still many people suffering unfairly, with disproportionate penalties.”
Debora Rodrigues was arrested on charges of depredation of public assets and for associating a group that tried to abolish the Democratic Rule of Law. The first class of the Supreme Court began his trial this month, and the rapporteur of the action, Alexandre de Moraes, suggested a sentence of 14 years in prison in closed regime. Minister Flávio Dino accompanied the rapporteur’s vote. The trial was interrupted by a request for view of Minister Luiz Fux, who considered the penalty “exacerbated”.
The hairdresser admitted, in a statement, that he wrote “lost, Mané” in the statue with lipstick, phrase said by STF Minister Luis Roberto Barroso in 2022. In his defense, Deborah argued that she acted “in the heat of the moment” and was unaware of the symbolic meaning of sculpture. The opposition to the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) has used the case as an example to reinforce the amnesty campaign for the prisoners of January 8 and. The mapping of the Planalto Palace identified 200.
Posted by Felipe Dantas
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