Senator (-PR) presented an amendment to try to save on Tuesday (23) and limit the text approved last week by.
The senator proposes that prior authorization of the House or Senate is required to open investigations against deputies and senators when there is a “crime against honor” or “any imputation based exclusively on the parliamentary’s opinions, words and votes”, except for the threat crime.
By the senator’s suggestion, who paved his political career with the discourse to combat corruption, if the complaint against the parliamentarian was made “for other crimes”, Congress could still “hold, to the final decision, the progress of the action.”
The idea had already been anticipated on Monday (22) by the president of the PP, Senator Ciro Nogueira (PI), given the enormous popular mobilization on Sunday (21), and the wave of criticism in social networks against the proposal of amendment to the Constitution.
The Armage PEC is the first item of the CCJ (Constitution Commission of Constitution and Justice) of the Senate. Parliamentarians evaluate that there is the proposal definitively.
In justification, Moro states that his alternative aims to reinforce freedom of expression and parliamentary immunity, but at the same time keep “the current regime for common crimes such as corruption and money laundering.”
The PEC obliges the (Supreme Federal Court) to request prior license from Congress to criminally prosecute federal deputies and senators, a rule that existed from 1988 to 2001 and fell due to a broad scenario of impunity.
The measure is an ancient desire for much of the political world that publicly argues to need to defend itself with judicial coercion by ideological discourses and positions. Behind the scenes, the main fear is investigations by the suspicion of the application of billionaires parliamentary amendments.
Moro’s proposal also states that the vote in the plenary must be made open – and not confidential, as approved by the federal deputies. To shield the parliamentarian, most of the plenary votes would be enough.
Moro’s amendment is signed by 12 other opposition senators, including Ciro, PL leader Carlos Portinho (RJ), Opposition leader Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), and former vice president of the Republic of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), Senator Hamilton Mourão (Republicans-RS).
Also sign the amendment the Synators Esperidião Amin (PP-SC), Alan Rick (Brazil-AC Union), Jorge Seif (PL-SC), Plínio Valério (PSDB-AM), Jaime Bagattoli (PL-AC), Dorinha Seabra (Brazil-TO) and Márcio Bittar (PL-AC).
Questioned by Sheet About Ciro’s suggestion on Monday (22), the president of the CCJ, Senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), said that it is not possible to improve the PEC.
“This PEC cannot and should not go back to the House, absolutely, because they can replace [trechos que forem descartados ou modificados]. What we should do is reject it. He bury it at the CCJ and the Federal Senate Plenary, “he said.
