Left-wing groups once again occupy Avenida Paulista, in the central region of São Paulo, this Sunday (14/12), to protest against the National Congress after the approval of the so-called dosimetry bill by the Chamber of Deputies. Similar acts also occur in other cities in Brazil.
With the motto “Congress, enemy of the people”, the demonstration, scheduled for 2 p.m., is a reaction to the progress of the project to reduce the sentences of those arrested for the acts of January 8. Among the beneficiaries of the text is former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), sentenced to 27 years in prison by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for attempted coup d’état.
“The Congress does not let us sleep, so we do not give ourselves any rest either. On Sunday we will take to the streets to put pressure against the reduction of the sentences of the putschists”, states the message calling for the event produced by Frente Povo Sem Medo, a group linked to the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Guilherme Boulos (PSol).
The main target of the demonstration is the President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), who decided to lead the PL Dosimetry this week. In addition to criticizing Congress, the protests also focus on other issues, such as ending the 6×1 work schedule and fighting femicide.
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In September, more than 40,000 people went to Avenida Paulista, according to a survey by the Political Debate Monitor of the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (Cebrap), a partnership between the University of São Paulo (USP) and the NGO More in Common, to protest the amnesty of those involved in the acts of January 8 and the Blindagem PEC, which had also been approved by the Chamber.
After this act, which also occurred in other Brazilian capitals, the Blindagem PEC, which was a draft amendment to the Constitution aimed at making criminal procedures and arrests of parliamentarians more difficult, was buried in the Senate, and the Amnesty PL did not advance in Congress, being replaced by the Dosimetry PL.
PL dosimetry
The proposal approved by the Chamber of Deputies 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.
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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