That of the deputies approved on Wednesday night (17) an urgent request for the project that amnesty those convicted by the coup acts. The parliamentarians will discuss, from now on, if they will approve a wide forgiveness, which even involves former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), or a reduction in penalties, as negotiated behind the scenes of the Supreme Court (STF) wings.
The approval of the urgency is a defeat to the government (PT), which acted to avoid the advancement of this agenda. With the ex-president’s conviction for the Supreme last week, the pressure from Bolsonarists under the mayor, (-PB), finally, finally puts the theme for the analysis of the plenary.
The urgency takes the theme of amnesty directly to the plenary, without the need for approval in commissions, and represents a wave of the House summit for a pocket opposition. Centrão leaders, however, negotiate for only one proposal to reduce penalties to be approved by the condemned acts.
The articulation to unlock the theme in plenary was starred by Centrão’s Cardinals and gained traction with movements by the Governor, (Republicans), who and presses the president of the House, his co -religionist.
Centrão wants Tarcisio as Lula’s opponent in the 2026 presidential and seeks, with amnesty, a gesture to Bolsonaro expecting him to bless the governor’s candidacy.
There were 311 votes in favor of the urgency of the bill proposed by Deputy Marcelo Crivella (Republicanos-RJ), with the support of Centrão parties-they were necessary 257 for approval. Now, parliamentarians must still analyze the merit, still without a definite text and no established date.
The result of the vote imposes a defeat to the Planalto Palace. The government’s orientation was to prevent the advance of this theme. , parliamentarians were alerted that the executive will be able to review positions of positions in the federal structure of those who support the text.
In addition, the evaluation between Lula’s allies is that the approval of the amnesty would represent a victory for Donald Trump government, which began an offensive against the country to criticize Bolsonaro’s trial.
Petistas also said that there would be an alleged breach of agreement from the center’s parties, and crediting this posture to the discomfort with the PT position against the PEC (proposal for amendment to the Constitution) of the shielding, which makes it difficult for parliamentarians to be criminally processed.
Before starting the session, Motta said that Brazil needs pacification and that it would be up to the plenary to decide, in the face of “distinct visions and divergent interests about the events of January 8, 2023”.
He stated that if the urgency was approved, a rapporteur would be appointed so that the House could arrive, “as soon as possible,” to a substitute text that found support from the majority of the house.
“I am fully convinced that the House of Representatives, as its members, will have the ability to build this solution, which seeks national pacification, respect for institutions, commitment to legality and also taking into account the humanitarian conditions of the people who are involved in this issue we are dealing with,” said Motta.
After the result of the vote was announced, Motta asked for attention from PT and PL deputies for the following speech. He said the message that guides his management ahead of the house is that “Brazil needs pacification.” He stated that it is in plenary that “ideas face each other, divergences meet and democracy pulsates with full force.”
Motta also said that it is not up to a mayor to “impose a truth, but to ensure that they are all heard.” “A mayor cannot own, nor absolute truths. Whenever someone has declared themselves owner of the truth, the country has lost.”
The vote was criticized by parliamentarians of leftist parties, with “amnesty” choir, and celebrated by Bolsonarists, who spoke on historic day.
PT leader, Lindbergh Farias (RJ) said that anyone who voted for the text would be compromising their biography. He also headed for Motta, recalled the riot of pockets who made the work of the House unfeasible and said that “the class that broke you, which was not punished, is there celebrating.”
“The gentlemen when they vote in amnesty are being accomplices of a continued coup,” said Lindbergh. “You’re not pacifying anything. You are paving the way for the far right to attack the institutions.”
PL leader, Sostenes Cavalcante (RJ), thanked Motta’s “righteousness and balance”, criticized the left and spoke of “unfair, political and that pursues opponents.”
Datafolha survey conducted on September 8 and 9 showed that to deliver Bolsonaro. They reject the idea 54%, compared to 39% that defend it.
On Tuesday morning (16), Motta had already informed party leaders that he would bring the theme to the vote, a position reaffirmed in a meeting with the leaders of the nights at night. He also warned this to members of the Planalto Palace and President Lula himself, with whom he had lunch on Monday (15), and sought authorities in Brasilia to address the subject, including ministers of the Supreme.
Motta also asked party leaders to count votes on their respective countertops before making the decision. As the broad amnesty has opposition from much of the center and the entire left, the agreement between the PL and Motta was to vote the urgency of another project that also deals with amnesty, authored by Deputy Marcelo Crivella (Republicans-RJ), and was more restricted.
PL parliamentarians have celebrated the initiative to vote the urgency, but they say they will work to approve a project that gives wide, general and unrestricted amnesty, including Bolsonaro.
The approval of the urgency, argue the deputies, does not mean adherence to the text. After the definition of a rapporteur, all the content of the proposal can be changed. In this sense, the vote on urgency on Wednesday only inaugurates a new clash between pockets, centrão and left by the content of the story.
While pockets insist on the wide amnesty, centron leaders claim that there is no majority for it and argue that this proposal would end up barred in the Senate or in, and be vetoed by President Lula.
The reduction of penalties, which could even include Bolsonaro, but without a forgiveness for the crimes. The idea is to prevent the former president from serving a sentence in Papuda and, instead, goes into house arrest because of his age and health, which would already be combined with an STF wing. Articulated by Motta, the penalty reduction proposal would be approved by the Supreme Court, the Senate and the Plateau.
The proposal designed by Motta and Centrão reduces the penalty of the violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, in prison from 4 to 8 years to between 2 and 6 years. The crime of coup d’état, today with arrest between 4 and 12 years, would go to 2 to 8 years. In addition, the punishments for these two crimes would no longer add – the less serious crime would be excluded.
The text of Crivella Amnesty, from October 30, 2022 until the publication of the law, “all who participated in demonstrations with political and/or electoral motivation, or supported them, by any means, including contributions, donations, logistical support or services and publications on social media and platforms.”
