According to the former president of Brazil, it is necessary to ‘let the dust settle and resume the subject’ later
The former president (MDB) said on Monday (22) that the proposal to reduce the penalties of the former president (PL) and others convicted of involvement in the attempt of coup of January 8, 2023 needs to be reevaluated after the sanctions imposed by the United States to the wife of the Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes.
“Indeed, this last gesture was quite aggressive. It changes a little things. The way Paulinho da Força, federal deputy, and mayor Hugo Motta were driving, things were flowing. I think at this moment, it is necessary to rethink a little,” Temer said in an interview with GloboNews during an event with investors in Sao Paulo.
The statement occurred after Viviane Barci, wife of Moraes, was included in the list of sanctions of the magnitsky law, which also hit a company’s family company. Temer has been acting as Paulinho da Força’s political counselor (Solidarity-SP) in the elaboration of the Amnesty Project. According to him, it is necessary to “let the dust sit and resume the subject” later. Last week, the former president met with deputies Paulinho da Força and Aécio Neves (PSDB) to discuss the text, which seeks to benefit defendants and convicted of undemocratic acts.
*With information from Estadão Content
