Most Brazilians, 56% of those heard by, are contrary to amnesty to those responsible for the scammer attacks of January 8. The dosimetry of the penalties applied to them divides opinions: 34% consider them adequate, while 36% would like to see them reduced and 25%, increased.
The institute listened to 3,054 voters in 172 cities of the country from April 1st to 3, in a survey with margin of error of two percentage points for more or less.
On Sunday (6), the former president () led an act on Paulista Avenue, in São Paulo, to defend in the attack on the headquarters of the three powers in 2023 that were convicted by the (Supreme Court).
The demonstration was more successful than the previous one, but, by bringing to the estimated streets by Datafolha, shows a waning support to the politician compared to the event at the beginning of last year.
Bolsonaro seeks to demonstrate strength for the processing of some kind of forgiveness in Congress not only for those already convicted, but for himself, aware is ineligible until 2030 and has his conviction given for certain in the trial of his participation in his government’s scammer plot. Even today unlikely parliamentary amnesty is seen as bound to be overthrown by the Supreme.
So far, the court in more than 1,500 criminal actions. At least 155 of them are arrested.
The latest trigger for protesters was the case of. She was famous for painting lipstick the expression “lost, Mané”, used by Luis Roberto Barroso minister in New York after Bolsonaro’s defeat to Lula (PT) in 2022.
The rapporteur, Alexandre de Moraes, voted to condemn her to 14 years in prison by attack on the Democratic Rule of Law, among other crimes, and was followed by Flávio Dino. Minister Luiz Fux, however, asked for a view, interrupted the trial and indicated a review.
The size of the penalty became the subject of discussion in the legal community, and, after manifestation of the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) and authorization from Moraes, Debora
Datafolha survey reflects the impact of the episode. A year ago, 31% were in favor of amnesty, a number that oscillated to 33% last December. Now it has risen to 37%, not exactly a shot, but a signage. The rejection of forgiveness was initially from 63%to 62%, now sliding to 56%.
The assessment is quite homogeneous in society, with exceptions predictable in ideological groups: for 72% of Bolsonaro PL supporters, there should be amnesty, while 90% of PSOL adherents and 68% of petistas say otherwise.
The left has organized scattered around the country against amnesty, but with even smaller audiences than those on the right.
Among those who say they vote in the main name of Bolsonaro without Bolsonaro in 2026, the governor (Republicans-SP), 61% are in favor of amnesty. The ally was next to the former boss, whom he was minister before being released in political life, and Paulista.
They were Silas Malafaia, former supporter of the former president.
Regarding the size of the penalties, which have reached up to 17 years in prison in some cases, the poorest are the ones who most believe they should be larger (30%, with a margin of 3 points in the segment).
The richest are the ones who want the most smaller penalties (47% in the group of those who earn 5 to 10 minimum wages, with a margin of 5 points, and 45% in the range above, with margin of 8 points).
There is no evolution about the issue of dosimetry because the institute had not questioned this in the previous two rounds.
Datafolha also wanted to know if the interviewees approve of the idea the Congress discussed the reduction of the deadlines for ineligibility of politicians convicted by the Electoral Justice, an initial form of Bolsonaro’s group of trying to replace him in the game.
The text was changed in the specific case of the former president. In any case, the idea of favoring politicians divides the population: 47% are against and another 47%, in favor, with 5% saying not knowing how to evaluate and 1% showing indifference to the subject. The richest are the most opposed (66% with a margin of 8 points in the segment).
