Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced a pardon in favor of far-right deputy Daniel Silveira, sentenced the day before to eight years in prison by the Supreme Court for his threats to democratic institutions.
Bolsonaro made the announcement in a live broadcast on his social networks and clarified that the Constitution confers these powers on him, citing among the “considerations” that “freedom of expression is a pillar of society” and that “society is in legitimate shock” for the sentence passed against a deputy, protected by parliamentary immunity.
The pardon issued by Bolsonaro may once again strain the president’s difficult relationship with the Supreme Court, which has worsened as the court opened various investigations against him, for spreading false news and questioning the transparency of the elections. next October, among other things.
Bolsonaro will aspire to renew his mandate in these elections, but all opinion polls place progressive leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the clear favorite, who governed between 2003 and 2010 and is the far-right’s greatest political antagonist. (Taken from Infobae)
