The Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Rosa Weber was chosen by lot to be the rapporteur of the action that asks for the annulment of the pardon granted by President Jair Bolsonaro to deputy Daniel Silveira (PTB-RJ), yesterday (21).
The allegation of non-compliance with a fundamental precept was filed with the STF by the Rede Sustentabilidade party, today (21). The party asks for an injunction to be granted with the suspension of the president’s decree and subsequent analysis of the case by the plenary of the Supreme Court.
This Wednesday (20), Silveira was sentenced by the STF to eight years and nine months in prison, in addition to a fine, for the crimes of attempting to prevent the free exercise of Powers and coercion in the course of the process.
The Court judged a criminal action opened in April of last year against the congressman, who became a defendant and began to respond to the criminal process for the accusation of inciting the invasion of the Court and suggesting physical aggression to the ministers. The facts took place in 2020 and 2021, through social media. Silveira was arrested for his conduct, but was later released.
Yesterday, when announcing the decision to pardon the sentence, Bolsonaro said that it is the prerogative of the president to grant pardons and defended that “freedom of expression is an essential pillar of society in all its manifestations”. “The grace referred to in this decree is unconditional and will be granted regardless of the final judgment of the condemnatory criminal sentence”, said the president, in his speech. live weekly.
Today (22), in Porto Seguro (BA), Bolsonaro commented on the decision to grant a pardon to Daniel Silveira. “Yesterday was an important day for our country. Not for the person who is at stake or for who was the protagonist of this episode, but the symbolism that we have more than the right, we have the guarantee of our freedom”, declared the president at an event to commemorate the 522nd anniversary of the discovery of Brazil.
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