PT-Brazil calls amnesty bill for coup plotters an "aberration"

PT-Brazil calls amnesty bill for coup plotters an "aberration"

The initiative presented by right-wing and center-right parties to the Chamber of Deputies proposes pardoning those who participated in demonstrations anywhere in the country from October 30, 2022, until the date the law comes into force. This would benefit those implicated in the attempted coup of January 8th, 2023, when radical Bolsonaro supporters invaded and looted the capital’s National Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Presidential Pala…

Jaques Wagner, who holds the government's leadership in the Senate, expressed his firm opposition to the bill that proposes an amnesty for those involved in the events of January 8, 2023. For him, this proposal represents a threat to democracy. “There is no agreement with me, I am against the amnesty project under any circumstances,” he said. If the proposal advances in Congress, the senator believes that this would indicate a complete disconnec…

Bill No. 2,858/2022, authored by Congressman Major Vitor Hugo (PL-GO), is the target of harsh criticism from jurists and criminal lawyers, who see the proposal as an attempt to protect the leaders and financiers of the coup acts that occurred after the 2022 elections. The bill grants broad amnesty to people who participated in demonstrations between October 30 of that year and the date of entry into force of the eventual law.

Senator criticizes pressure from social networks on parliamentarians and considers the political class considering approving the proposal to approve the proposal “crazy”