The Minister of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann (PT), denied that the federal government promotes retaliation against allied deputies who signed the urgent request to vote on the bill that grants Amnesti to those convicted of the attacks on 8 January 2023.
In an interview with CNNGleisi stated that the plan is trying to warn parliamentarians about the political, legal and institutional effects of the proposal. “The government is not in a retaliation. It shows the deputies the severity of this project. He guarantees impunity against Jair Bolsonaro and those who tried to overthrow our government,” the minister said.
Gleisi also criticized the support from the base members for Amnestin pl. “It is absurd to support this proposal from the government’s base. This is a serious violation of the judiciary and democracy. Urgent should be for proposals that really interest the population,” he added.
The expectation of the president’s surroundings, however, is that in May a “comb” in the positions of trust specified by deputies and senators. The idea is to map these appointments and strengthen the political articulation in strategic vote in Congress, such as reformulation of income tax and PEC’s general security.
Even parliamentarians with low allegiance to the CEO still maintain allies in prominent positions in federal municipalities. A survey aims to evaluate the actual commitment to the allied base, especially after the progress of the amnesty’s request for urgent, subscribed by 262 deputies – including dozens of members of the ruling parties.