Democratic deputy Jim McGoven, co -author of the Magniskty Law, told the government that the minister, of the (Supreme Court), contradicts the law and is shameful.
The statement was made in a letter sent on Wednesday (20) to the Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, and the Secretary of the State Department, Marco Rubio.
In the document, McGovern expresses concern about the use of law against Moraes and says that its use despises the spirit of the law. “The use of Glomag sanctions in this case contradicts the intention and purpose of Global Magnitsky law, thus compromising its integrity and weakening it as an instrument of liability for abuses of,” he says.
The deputy reports that the law was conceived to punish individuals who commit serious human rights violations and acts of. “It is therefore shameful that the Trump administration has employed Glomag sanctions contrary to its purpose, undermining the efforts of the Brazilian judiciary to defend democratic institutions and maintain the rule of law,” he says.
McGovern is the author of the “Law of Right to the rule of law Sergei Magnitsky” in 2012, focused on punishing accused of torture the former Russian advolved. to serve as a sanction to other human rights violators. At that time, he was co -author, along with Republican Chris Smith, of the version of the norm that is used today.
Against the minister, he understands that his decisions are a human rights violation.
Democratic deputy, in turn, ponders the letter sent on Wednesday to Trump’s secretaries that the former president () was defeated by the president () in election “in which international electoral observers found no evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities.”
It also says that in, Bolsonaro supporters invaded the headquarters of the three powers to try to reverse the result in an episode condemned at the time by the government and other democratic governments.
The deputy continues to say that he presented her to the Attorney General’s Office report concluding that Bolsonaro supporters made plans to nullify the 2022 elections. Based on this, he reports, the former president was reported by.
“According to the Brazilian Constitution and international law, Minister Alexandre de Moraes is responsible for supervising the accusation of the indicted individuals and ensuring that their right to fair trial is respected,” he says.
In the letter, McGovern evaluates that classifying Bolsonaro’s trial as “witch hunt,” as Trump did, is false and insulting “the Brazilian electorate” and the concept of law.
It also recalls that Brazil faced the dictatorship from 1964 to 1985 and built institutions to avoid the return “to the horrors” of that regime.
“Given the role of the United States in supporting the 1964 coup, it is the moral responsibility of our government to reinforce Brazilian democracy – not undermining. Imposing Glomag sanctions on those who defend the rule of law demonstrates a disregard for the spirit and the letter of the Global Law magnitsky and democratic norms in general,” he claims.
McGovern argues to the Trump administration that the integrity of the magnistky law must be preserved, using it for “authentic cases of human rights and corruption”, which is not the case, for him.
It says the US government gives credibility to allegations and that the law would be used as an instrument of war and that its inadequate application “insults the memory of Sergei magnitsky and all other genuine victims of human rights abuse.”
“By disguising favoritism with the language of human rights, management [Trump] It impairs the credibility of the United States and its ability to promote human rights abroad. “
Finally, it asks the Trump government to end the sanctions against Moraes.
McGovern is co-president of the Congress Human Rights Commission, along with Chris Smith. This year, businessman Paulo Figueiredo witnessed in the collegiate as one of those affected by Moraes -but this hearing did not have the support of Deputy Democrat.
According to people linked to the parliamentarian, the letter serves to try to alert the government and other parliamentarians that there is another side of the speech led by Figueiredo and the deputy (PL-SP) in the United States.
“The purpose of this letter is to urge the management to recognize the misuse of the Global Magnitsky Law (Glomag) for party purposes and immediately ending the inadequate sanctions currently imposed on Minister Alexandre de Moraes under this statute,” McGovern tells Sheet.
“In addition, the letter seeks to make elected employees and the public aware of this inadequate application of Glomag and highlight the potential damage that such an improper use could cause to the credibility of the United States and its ability to promote human rights,” he concludes.
In 2012, the US Congress passed a law to hold those involved in the crimes discovered by Magnitsky and also the perpetrators of his arrest, torture and abuses perpetrated against him. And, more broadly, responsible for violations against those who denounced state corruption or defended human rights in Russia.
Then, in 2016, the legislation was expanded to allow sanctions to any foreigner who, based on credible evidence, is responsible or participated in “extrajudicial executions, torture or other serious human rights violations.”
