One that invaded the headquarters of the three Powers in the coup attack on January 8, 2023 is rejected by 62% of Brazilians, shows research. Another 33% say they are in favor, 5% do not know and 1% say they are indifferent.
The numbers are similar to those in the previous survey, from March. At the time, 63% and 31% were in favor.
Datafolha carried out 2,002 interviews throughout Brazil, in 113 municipalities, on December 12th and 13th. Respondents were 16 years of age or older. The maximum margin of error is two percentage points, plus or minus, within the 95% confidence level.
it is higher among men – in this group, it reaches 37%, compared to 29% among women. Among them, 64% are against removing the punishment, while the same percentage for men is 59%. The segment’s margin of error is three points.
Agreement with the amnesty is greater among those who declared their vote for the former president (PL) in 2022 (45%), among unregistered employees (38%) and businesspeople (37%) and among evangelicals (37%) . It also gains space among those aged 35 to 44 (36%), who have completed high school (36%) and who earn two to five minimum wages (36%).
On the other hand, the rejection of amnesty is numerically greater among those who declared their vote for the president () in 2022 (72%), among public employees (68%), students (68%), the unemployed (67%) and among residents of the Northeast region (66%).
Amnesty is a dear topic for Bolsonarists, and the former president has publicly defended the instrument on a series of occasions.
In his support, in February, the former president referred to the January 8 protesters as “poor things” and defended reasonableness in the penalties.
To date, the (Supreme Federal Court) has sentenced more than 300 people for participating in the attacks that day.
A bill is still being processed that provides for amnesty for those involved in January 8th. It goes hand in hand with more comprehensive proposals, which could encompass the Electoral Court convictions that left Bolsonaro ineligible for eight years.
The president of the Chamber, (-AL), told the Sheet on October 30th than the case during his mandate, which ends at the end of the year. His last week at the head of the House, however, will be focused on the economic agenda.
three politicians close to Lira say that he no longer discussed the amnesty project with the House leaders and that the matter fell off the voting radar. Allies claim that there is no more climate to discuss the proposal after the meeting in front of the STF, in , on November 13th.
Over the past few months, Lira has tried to prevent negotiations surrounding her succession from being contaminated by discussion of the project. He sought support from the PT and PL for his candidate in the dispute, the federal deputy.
The PL wanted a commitment from the future president that the proposal would go through the House. The PT was directly against it and did not even want the project to be discussed in plenary.
Today, and should be elected without difficulty in February. Despite this, allies say that this is one of the issues that must be faced during the Republican leader’s administration.
