PL leader in the House, Deputy Sostenes Cavalcante (RJ), confirmed that the amnesty project in Congress will not include the reversal of the ineligibility of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL). The retreat was admitted by the parliamentarian in an interview with CNN Brazil This Wednesday (17).
According to Sostenes, the decision was authorized by Bolsonaro himself, who evaluates that it is more strategic to postpone the debate about his electoral situation. “President Bolsonaro authorized me to remove the eligibility of the project. This theme will be discussed at another time,” he said.
The party’s expectation is to resume the discussion in June, when Minister Kassio Nunes Marques will assume the presidency of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
The text that circulates between deputies, authored by Marcelo Crivella (Republicans-RJ), is restricted to granting forgiveness to “claims of political motivation”, an expression used to encompass those convicted of the January 8 attacks. On the night of Wednesday, the, accelerating the analysis of the proposal.
For Sostenes, there is still no consensus on the final terms of amnesty. “We have not yet discussed the merit. Let’s argue with the rapporteur,” he said. Speech signals that, even without the agenda of eligibility, the political dispute around the scope of amnesty should intensify in the coming days.
Political calculation of the retreat
PL’s movement to remove the reversal of Jair Bolsonaro’s ineligibility from the amnesty text reveals an attempt to calibrate political priorities in the face of an adverse scenario. The assessment is that to insist on this point would now increase the resistance to the project within Congress and could even compromise the proceeding of the broader proposal of forgiveness to those convicted by January 8.
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By postponing the debate about the eligibility for the moment Kassio Nunes Marques assume the presidency of the TSE in June, the party bets on a more favorable institutional environment.
The strategy also seeks to preserve Bolsonaro from a new immediate setback. As ineligibility is one of the most sensitive points for opposition, including this theme could now mobilize even more resistance within Congress and public opinion.
In practice, PL chooses to separate Bolsonaro’s political survival from two fronts: in Congress, attempting to approve an amnesty for supporters and reduce pressures on their base; And in the TSE, the future effort to review ineligibility, preserving the possibility of application in 2026.
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