Pre-candidate for the Presidency of the PSD, he declared that he is in favor of the bill that criminalizes misogyny, by the Federal Senate and which will be debated and voted on by the Chamber of Deputies.
“I agree 100%. I have no reparations to make to the extent of this,” he told Sheet this Monday (20).
Over the weekend, a report from Sheet showed that the bill had not expressed itself on the matter.
Over the last week, the report looked for the pre-campaigns of the three, as well as (Novo-MG), to find out their position regarding the Misogyny PL. Of the four, only Caiado’s team had not responded to the Sheetarguing that he is still structuring the pre-campaign.
“It is an addition to the crime and prejudice law. I have always worked in favor of it and have always been extremely firm in this position”, said Caiado about the proposal that foresees including misogyny among prejudice crimes, with penalties set at two to five years in prison.
The Goiano’s response differs from those presented by Flávio and Zema, also right-wing pre-candidates, who see the need to change the text as they consider that the definition of misogyny is broad and could harm freedom of expression. “The text is not generic, it is well defined and very clear in the law,” said Caiado.
For the former governor, a “sum of actions” is necessary to combat cases of , especially femicide, which . This would include expanding the participation of health agents, social agents, public defenders and members of the Public Ministry in the population’s daily lives to help identify cases before they even reach the police stations.
WHAT IS THE PL OF MISOGYNY
- It plans to include misogyny among the prejudice crimes of the Racism Law
- Any attitude or treatment that causes embarrassment, humiliation, shame, fear or undue exposure to a person would be considered a crime, in a way that would not occur with men
- Defines misogyny as conduct that expresses hatred or aversion towards women
- Penalty of 2 to 5 years in prison
- If the crime is committed in a domestic and family context, the penalty is doubled.
WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS
- Already approved by the Senate, the project was sent to the Chamber of Deputies, where it needs to be voted on
- If approved by the Chamber, the text goes to presidential sanction
- The president can sanction the project in full, veto it in its entirety or veto only sections
- The can override possible presidential vetoes
WHAT EACH PRE-CANDIDATE SAYS
- Lula (PT) — favorable: The PT classified the PL as an advance in the fight against gender-based violence and defends that the criminalization of misogyny is linked to structural actions
- Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) — favorable with reservations: Voted in favor of approval in the Senate, but argues that the text needs improvements, criticizing the definition of misogyny as broad and imprecise
- Romeu Zema (New) — contrary: It is against the project and states that the vague definition of misogyny represents a risk to freedom of expression; defends increasing penalties for aggressors, rapists and feminicides, but argues that criminalizing opinions does not protect women
- Ronaldo Caiado (PSD) — favorable: He is in favor of the project and argues that the fight against violence against women must be the result of a combination of actions involving social assistance, the Judiciary and Public Security
