In the decision in which by (), the minister wrote that he considers the amnesty unconstitutional to acts related to the coup plot, a project that is in the House of Representatives and today represents the main political flag of pockets.
The (Federal Supreme Court) is the highest court in the country, mainly responsible for safeguarding the 1988 Constitution.
In his decision, Moraes says there is no doubt that Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo intend to force the passenger of the coup plot criminal action, “either through a non -existent possibility of summary filing, or by approving an unconstitutional amnesty.”
Also according to the minister, these measures would be used in exchange for the “termination of aggressions made to Brazil through economic measures” and as a way to prevent “that Brazilian judicial, ministerial and police authorities are inmated by the US executive.”
In 2024, given the imminence of the approval of the measure in the CCJ (Constitution and Justice Commission) of the House, the then president of the House, (-al), decided to withdraw the amnesty project from the agency e.
The measure was a way of gaining time. His successor, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), suffers constant pressure from the Bolsonarist bench to bring the theme to vote.
The amnesty project in its latest version, reported by Rodrigo Valadares (União Brasil-CE), established forgiveness to those convicted of January 8, 2023, expanding the scope related to coup attacks-which, in the assessment of governing deputies, opens the room to benefit Bolsonaro and the other defendants in the plot’s criminal action.
If the measure is approved by Congress, it is practically certain that it is questioned in the STF.
In an interview with the interview, weekly videocast of Sheet, The president of the court manifested a different position. “In line, amnesty is a competence of the National Congress,” he said, stressing that the Supreme Court could look at some measure eventually approved by Parliament.
Minister Gilmar Mendes, a dean of the Court, has also spoken out about the Amnesty Project, declaring not seeing fit in the proposal, although he did not express a direct analysis of the possible unconstitutionality of the measure.
According to a balance released earlier this month by the Attorney General’s Office, the STF has already condemned 643 accused of participation in the attacks on the headquarters of the three powers in Brasilia.
Last Tuesday (15), the PGR reaffirmed a request for conviction of Bolsonaro and the other seven defendants.
“The cooperation of themselves of the accused for this ultimate goal, under the coordination, inspiration and ultimate determination of the former President of the Republic, makes clear the criminal organization, in its criminal meaning,” wrote the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, in the document.
The expectation in the Supreme is that the process on the attempted coup d’état.
The former president has already been convicted by the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) for attacks and lies about the electoral system and is. Today is ineligible at least until 2030.
If convicted of crimes of armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, coup d’état, damage qualified by violence and serious threat against public assets and deterioration of listed heritage, a.
