Bolsonarists say they are eagerly awaiting the Lula government’s decision on the ban on prisoners voting, included at the last minute in the , approved by the National Congress on Tuesday (24).
The amendment, , is a kind of trap for the Executive.
If Lula vetoes the article, as is the trend, it will open a gap to reinforce the opposition’s discourse that he defends criminals and benefits from the vote of criminals in jail.
To try to minimize the damage, the government must use the argument that the included article is unconstitutional, since only prisoners who have been definitively sentenced lose the right to vote. And if the device is not vetoed, it will be fatally overturned by the STF.
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