This Thursday (30), the president’s (PT) full veto of the Dosimetry Bill, which reduces the sentences of those convicted of a coup d’état, including the former president (PL), was overturned.
. This way, the original proposal will become law. At least 257 votes from deputies and 41 votes from senators were needed, computed separately.
The overturning of the veto represents a new setback for the Lula government in its relationship with the Legislature, one day after serving as minister of the (Supreme Federal Court). It was the first time that Casa .
the Dosimetria PL says that the penalties for the crimes of coup d’état and violent abolition of the democratic rule of law should not be applied cumulatively when inserted in the same context. It will be worth the most serious penalty or, if equal, one of them, increased by one-sixth to half.
The text also provides for a penalty reduction of one to two thirds for the crimes of attempted coup or abolition when they have been committed in a crowd, as long as the agent has not carried out an act of financing or exercised a leadership role.
Furthermore, the project allows those convicted of the 8th of January to have regime progression after one-sixth of the sentence served. Under the previous rules, progression would come after a quarter of the sentence served.
Among the deputies, 318 voted against Lula’s veto, while 144 parliamentarians asked for it to be maintained. There were 5 abstentions. In the Senate, there were 49 votes to overturn the presidential veto and 24 against, with no abstentions.
The Dosimetry PL brings reductions in both the total sentences and the minimum time in a closed regime for those convicted of the coup plot and 8/1.
In Bolsonaro’s case, the measure reduces the time he will spend under a closed regime from the current range of 6 to 8 years to between 2 years and 4 months and 4 years and 2 months, depending on the interpretation. The former president was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison by the STF for five crimes, as leader of the coup plot.
The text also specifies that the home regime does not prevent the remission of sentences. Bolsonaro was transferred to house arrest due to health conditions.
This measure, in particular, currently, those who are at home cannot reduce their sentence for study or work, except in specific cases, with the judge’s authorization.
The benefits expected from the changes are not automatic, depending on whether the defenses request them from the Court.
The rapporteur of the text in the Chamber, deputy Paulinho da Força (Solidariedade-SP), stated that lawyers for those arrested for the coup plot should call the STF so that the court can decide how the law applies to prisoners considered to have ordered the crimes. “The rest, in my opinion, will all be released,” he said.
Relatives of those arrested by 8/1 attended the session in the green room of the Chamber.
The vote took place in a joint session of the Federal Government, led by (-AP), president of the Senate. Only the veto on dosimetry was voted on, despite there being another 80 presidential vetoes in line to be considered by Congress, of which 77 should have already been analyzed, according to the internal regulations.
Starting at 10:30 am, the Congress session took place after Alcolumbre resisted holding it because of a request for the installation of the Master’s CPI — there is a rule that requires the installation of the parliamentary investigation after the submission of the request with the necessary signatures.
A Sheet revealed that, supporter of a CPI to investigate the irregularities attributed to the financial institution paid off by the Central Bank, to vote on the veto and bury the commission.
There were few charges for installing the commission throughout the session. According to Evair de Melo (PP-ES), this happened because “the opposition came here oriented to take care of the day’s agenda”. “Whoever wants to discuss this issue here wants to disrupt the day’s agenda,” he said.
When questioned, the author of the CPI request, Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ), said that the imposition of a single agenda was a condition for Alcolumbre to vote on dosimetry. “He made a request for the leaders to sign agreeing to the single-item agenda,” he told Sheet.
Representative Fernanda Melchionna (PSOL-RS), who cited Master in her speech on the stand, said that the situation shows that the opposition “spoke about Master’s CPI in a demagogic and selective way, only in relation to the Supreme Court and did not speak about political agents”.
“They are authorizing new scams with this type of vote in order to save criminals who are within this Parliament and the financial system”, stated Jandira Feghali (PCdoB-RJ).
It was also open until the beginning of the session what solution Congress would present to prevent the overturning of Lula’s veto from affecting the toughening of penalties for other crimes, such as criminal organizations and feminicide.
This would happen because of the changes made by the Anti-Faction Law, which made it difficult for certain crimes to progress to regimes. This way, by overturning Lula’s veto, the previous rules could come into effect again.
On Tuesday (28), the Chamber to resolve the issue. Meanwhile, Alcolumbre decided to resolve the issue through the presidency and declared the articles of the project that conflict with the Anti-Faction Law to be null and void.
According to him, this measure is justified by temporality, as congressmen approved the anti-faction project after dosimetry, and to respect the legislators’ purpose, which was to toughen sentences for those convicted of crimes involving the formation of a private militia, feminicide and heinous crimes.
The solution was questioned by left-wing parliamentarians, such as PT, PSOL and PC do B.
PT leader, Pedro Uczai (PT-SC), said that the party intends to legalize the issue of the harmfulness of certain articles, as there would be no precedent for this in Congress.
The government leader in Congress, senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP), stated that the overturn of the veto can also be prosecuted with the argument that crimes against the democratic rule of law are not subject to amnesty, pardon or reduction of sentences.
On the stand, Rodrigues said that this Thursday’s vote gives “continuity to a sad tradition in Brazilian history, the tradition of amnestying those who attack democracy.”
Representative Alberto Fraga (PL-SP) argued that the imposition of penalties is “the greatest injustice” committed by the Brazilian Justice, through the STF. The project, for him, would correct this excess.
