Demonstrators from the north to the south of the country took to the streets this Sunday (14/12) to protest against the National Congress after the approval of the so-called dosimetry bill. The acts take place in several cities in Brazil (check below).
The groups organizing the demonstrations say that taking to the streets is a direct response to the advancement of the plan to reduce sentences for those arrested for the actions of January 8. The text could also benefit former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), sentenced to 27 years in prison by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for attempted coup d’état.
In addition to criticizing Congress, the protests also focus on other issues, such as the end of the 6×1 work schedule and actions to combat femicide.
PL dosimetry
The proposal approved by the House last Wednesday (10/12), the target of protests across the country, provides for changes in the types of crimes accepted for sentence progression – a mechanism that allows prisoners with good behavior to migrate from the closed regime to the semi-open or open regime. According to the text, this change will occur after serving one-sixth of the sentence, and no more than one-quarter. The rule does not apply to people convicted of heinous crimes or repeat offenders.
The draft also changes the parameters of crimes against the democratic rule of law, such as coup attempts and violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.
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With the text of dosimetry, if we strictly follow the agreement of the rapporteur, deputy Paulinho da Força (Solidariedade-SP), the sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro would increase from 27 years and 3 months to 20 years and 8 months, leaving him to serve only 2 years and 4 months in a closed regime, taking into account the remission of the sentence for the period of home detention.
The PL Dosimetry will now be submitted for analysis to the Federal Senate. The government base is articulating strategies to prevent the text from moving forward as it was approved in the House. The plenary vote is scheduled for Wednesday (12/17).
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