The opposition did not agree to make a change to the project that allows the reduction of sentences for (PL) and others convicted of the crimes of January 8, 2023. With the change, the text that had already been approved by the Chamber may need to undergo a new analysis by the deputies, with the risk of leaving the final vote until 2026.
The reason for the changes was the realization that the proposal that was approved by the deputies could be caused by the project. The rapporteur of the text in the Chamber, deputy (Solidariedade-SP), denies this possibility.
Allies of the government (PT), who are against reducing sentences, have used the possibility of benefits for convicts from other areas as an argument against the project.
The Senate wants to vote on the text this Wednesday (17). If there is a change, there is the possibility of a race in the Legislature to complete the approval of the project this year. The congressmen’s recess officially begins on Tuesday (23), but the deliberations should end this week.
The project is being processed by the CCJ (Constitution and Justice Commission). The president of the collegiate, Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), proposed a change to the project.
“Either we encapsulate the matter in the January 8 process or it is not in a position to approve,” he told Sheet the project rapporteur, Esperidião Amin (PP-SC). The senator is from a party in opposition to the Lula government and for those convicted of January 8th, not only the reduction of sentences.
“That amendment by Otto Alencar is the basis of any possibility of agreement,” said Amin. The senator reported that (-PR), another member of the opposition, made similar suggestions.
Earlier, the senator (PL-RJ) made a statement to the same effect. “We are trying to see how we can make some changes there to prevent this benefit from being given to real criminals, real dangerous criminals, in the process of voting on this project”, he said.
Flávio gave the statement to journalists in Brasília, in front of the Federal Police headquarters, where his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, is imprisoned. “I hope you approve this dosimetry project this year, whatever the wording,” said the senator.
One of the senators who follows the sentence reduction project most closely, Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE) sees three possibilities for the proposal.
“The alternatives on the table are rejection and subsequent approval of the same act in an already corrected Senate project. Correction by amendments to the Chamber’s text and return to the Chamber of Deputies. Or use of wording amendments to try to correct the problem, which seems very difficult to me,” said Vieira. The senator does not automatically align himself with the opposition or the government.
The drafting amendments mentioned by Vieira are drafting changes that do not alter the merit of projects. If the change in the text is classified as a drafting amendment, it does not need new analysis by the Chamber.
Legislative technicians heard by the Sheethowever, assess that the change proposed by Otto Alencar constitutes a change of merit and cannot be classified as a drafting amendment.
They emphasize that this is an analysis from a regulatory point of view, and that, sometimes, there are political agreements for changes in merit to be interpreted as a change in wording so that projects can be approved faster.
The president of the Senate, (União Brasil-AP), . Otto Alencar, however, led a movement to pressure the proposal for prior analysis by the CCJ before going to the Senate plenary for final deliberation.
A. If it comes into force in the way the deputies approved it, the project will reduce the time that Bolsonaro will spend in the closed regime of serving his sentence to something between and , depending on the interpretation.
If the rules in force today are maintained, the estimate is that the former president will spend 6 years and 10 months to just over 8 years in a closed regime. .
