The approved this Wednesday (17) the project that reduces the sentences of those convicted of attacks on the headquarters of Powers and benefits the former president. The result is a victory for the Bolsonarist political group and a defeat for the government of Luiz Inácio da Silva ().
The investigations into January 8th exposed a plot, defeated by Lula, to keep Bolsonaro in power. Authorities have identified, for example, .
The score in the Senate plenary was 48 votes in favor of the project and 25 against. Like the Chamber, it goes to presidential sanction. Lula, as shown by Sheet.
The PT member and his allies are against the project, while the Bolsonarist right has started to support it in recent weeks. The reduction of sentences has been discussed in Congress for months, but it only came about after Bolsonaro’s supporters agreed to vote for him instead of a total amnesty.
“It’s not what we wanted, but, in the balance of forces, it was possible”, said the leader of the opposition in the Senate, (-RN). He made the statement during the (Constitution and Justice Commission), earlier this Wednesday.
The government leader in the Senate, (PT-BA), made an agreement with the opposition to allow the project to be voted on this Wednesday, but still declared himself against the reduction of sentences.
“I didn’t make any agreement on the merits. I’m still against it and I think the project is absurd. The only difference is that you could push it forward to February or vote today. If the president is going to veto it, now or February is the same,” he told reporters.
Wagner’s movement angered several Planalto allies. Senator (-AL), for example, protested and said that the agreement made by the government leader was to enable the approval of a project that increases the Executive’s revenue.
If it comes into force, the project could, in theory, reduce the time that Bolsonaro will spend in the closed regime of serving his sentence from the current 6 to 8 years to something between and , depending on the interpretation. of confinement.
Senators found, throughout the process, that the project approved by the Chamber left room for .
The project rapporteur, Esperidião Amin (PP-SC), made a change to the project to close this loophole while it was being processed at the CCJ. The board decided that the change was editorial.
This technicality is important because drafting adjustments do not force projects to return to the Chamber. A new analysis of the proposal by the deputies would hardly be carried out this year, as the Legislative recess begins next week.
Government senators publicly opposed the project. “The biggest crime that a public man can commit is attacking democracy”, said Marcelo Castro (MDB-PI). “This project here is a relief for the coup commanders, obviously we cannot agree with that,” he declared.
“The reason [da defesa do projeto pela oposição] it is to hide the attempted coup that did occur in Brazil, and which is not restricted to the vandalism of January 8th”, declared Teresa Leitão (PT-PE). “What pacifies the country is the coup leader serving his sentence”, said Renan Calheiros.
Bolsonaro’s allies claim that the project frees people from prison who have committed minor crimes, such as vandalism.
“We will repair serious injustices, committed with many who are imprisoned and who were, in my opinion, abusive. Congress is correcting the excesses of the Judiciary”, declared the leader of the PP in the Senate, (MS).
“We need to vote on this matter to turn this page and remove these people [da prisão]. The popcorn maker, the candy seller”, said Senator Izalci Lucas (PL-DF). “We want a broad, general and unrestricted amnesty to pacify and reconcile the nation”, said (Novo-CE).
The president of the Senate, (União-AP), wanted the project to be voted on immediately after the Chamber’s deliberation, skipping steps in the Upper House. The project only passed through the CCJ because of a movement led by the president of the collegiate, (PSD-BA).
Alcolumbre wanted the project to be voted on quickly because of a commitment made with the president of the Chamber, (-PB), his ally.
