Members of the center believe that trying to open their electronic ankle bracelet will hinder the progress of the amnesty bill and even the discussion on reducing sentences for those convicted of the January 8 coup attacks.
There was an expectation among parliamentarians that the topic would return to the Chamber for debate in the coming days. The president (-PB) told interlocutors at the end of the week that the rapporteur, Paulinho da Força (Solidariedade-SP), was preparing adjustments to the text and that it should be discussed with leaders.
This Saturday morning (22), Paulinho told Sheet that the former president’s preventive detention, stating that it would facilitate “the negotiation of dosimetry”. In the view of members of the center, the prison could even double the resistance of the Bolsonarists, who insist on presenting an amendment so that the plenary can decide in a vote whether to approve the reduction of sentences or amnesty.
Members of the government (PT) also recognized that the topic should return to the House for discussion, with pressure from Bolsonaro supporters to take the topic to the plenary. Even members of the center said that the project should be dealt with, as they saw what they called “exaggerations” in the decision of the minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court).
A changed the perception of leaders from the center interviewed by the report. The attempted violation of the equipment was one of the points mentioned by the minister when determining preventive detention and, until then, it had been considered a “narrative” by supporters of the former president to wear down Bolsonaro.
an employee of the penitentiary administration of the Federal District asks Bolsonaro when he started trying to break the ankle bracelet. The former president responded that this would have happened late in the afternoon: “I put a hot iron in there… curiosity.” When asked: “What iron was it? Iron?” He replied, “Weld.”
A member of the Chamber’s leadership states, with reservations, that discussing the issue of amnesty was already considered difficult in the Chamber, given the resistance to the proposal, but now considers it “impossible” for the matter to move forward. This politician says that he does not believe there is a climate to negotiate neither amnesty nor the dosimetry of sentences — something that was being discussed as an alternative to the amnesty text, defended by Bolsonarists.
Another leader from the center also says he believes that Motta should not be on the agenda for the project next week. There is an assessment that taking this matter forward at this time could be understood as an affront to the Supreme Court. Furthermore, a politician from the group says that this could generate criticism of Congress among public opinion.
A center party leader recognizes that, this week, the issue is unlikely to prosper in the Chamber. But he states that it is not ruled out that, later on, deputies will discuss reducing sentences for people who participated in the invasion of the headquarters of the three Powers, without this benefiting the central nucleus of the coup plot.
Despite this, government members recognize that Bolsonarists should pressure Motta so that the topic can be discussed. The leader of , Sóstenes Cavalcante (RJ), stated this Saturday morning that the opposition should obstruct the work in the Chamber as a way of pressuring the discussion of the project.
In the afternoon, after the release of the video, Sóstentes once again defended broad, general and unrestricted amnesty. “It will be a whole week alongside our parliamentarians, fighting tirelessly for President Bolsonaro’s freedom and for broad, general and unrestricted amnesty.”
