The president (PT) said he was “upset” with the advance of in Congress and stated that the amnesty is “subject of Congress”.
The PEC (Proposed Amendment to the Constitution) gives Congress the power to bar criminal proceedings against parliamentarians.
The House of Representatives completed the text vote on Wednesday (17), and now it goes to the Senate. In the proposal there was votes of Lula PT parliamentarians.
“Yesterday you saw that I was very upset, I even said in an interview with BBC, with the vote yesterday from the National Congress with the prerogative ensuring immunity even to party president,” said Lula.
“It’s not a serious thing, what needs to be serious is the prerogative of life of the Brazilian, of work, education. We need to give a lesson in this country. That the political class, starting with me, making youth believe that another country is possible to be built,” he said.
In addition to completing the vote of the PEC, the house on Wednesday also of the bill aimed at amnesty involved in the attacks of January 8, 2023, which brings the discussion directly to the plenary, without the need for approval in commissions. On the subject, Lula told reporters on Thursday, before an event at the Planato Palace, that the Amnesty debate “is with Congress.”
In the interview with the BBC to which the petista referred, released on Wednesday (17), he also said that the decision on amnesty “is a problem of Congress” and that “the President of the Republic does not get into a National Congress thing.” But he reiterated that if the law reached the presidential sanction, he would vece her.
Centrão leaders, however, negotiate so that instead of amnesty, only one proposal to reduce penalties are approved by direct participation in the scammer acts – while this pockets want a broad amnesty that includes Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
The former president at 27 years and 3 months in prison for attempted coup. He has been under house arrest since early August for breach of precautionary measures imposed by the minister.
