Self-serving veto of the president

While he was the obedient Minister of Justice and Public Security in Bolsonaro, former Judge Sergio Moro, along with his appointed representative, defended the rule of law exclusion.

In practice, this gave immunity to officers who killed on the job in the heat of hostilities.

Many people called this “the right to kill,” which is common on streets where there are no saints or demons.

Now that he is overturning the National Security Law, the wreckage of Brazil’s military dictatorship, Bolsonaro has vetoed an article that punishes “misleading media”, better known as “fake news.” If murder violates the sixth commandment of the Bible, and lying violates the eighth commandment, the president collects other aversions with the Creator.

The reason is that these vetoes benefit not only him, but also his supporters, the objects of investigation of the systematic dissemination of lies on social networks.

The government justifies this by the fact that the article does not make it clear whether those who created the primary news or who shared it will be punished.

This is still a tricky argument, as the machinery set up on social media adjusts its own pyramid of lies to serve a purpose.

Another veto concerned an article that creates the offense of infringing on the right to demonstrate through violence or serious threat to demonstrate.

In this case, the government argues that it will be difficult to characterize what would ultimately be a peaceful demonstration before or during the action.

For the president, this will create “serious legal uncertainty for the security forces responsible for maintaining order” in the initially peaceful demonstrations that escalated into violence, requiring government repression.

Bolsonaro also vetoed an article requiring a 50% increase in fines for crimes committed by military personnel, on the pretext that this would violate the principle of proportionality, putting the military “in a more serious position than other civil servants. “.

And, of course, he linked the article to “trying to prevent the expression of thoughts from more conservative groups.”

The last veto concerns a 1/3 increase in crimes involving serious violence or the use of firearms, in which the convicted person was a civil servant. In other words, who can command, obey the reasonable. On the other hand, the courts can punish those who violate national sovereignty by negotiating with a foreign government or a group of individuals in order to provoke military action against the country. This is already something.

Just a reminder
Since Setembro is only a few days away, it is worth reminding anyone who might be interested that the Military Penal Code imposes a sentence of two to four years’ imprisonment for the offense of incitement to indiscipline. And for a criminal conspiracy for a period of three to five years. In the case of mass riots from four to eight years in prison or restriction of liberty.

Boiling point
At the moment, there are unofficial measurements indicating a possible drop in temperature in some parts of the police in the midst of the independence demonstrations called by the President of the Republic. But what can be seen on the social networks of military police officers tells a different story.

hurry up friend
Political capital is like money in a bank account: once it’s there and the other time it’s not. For the Palácio do Planalto, the presence of ministers appointed by it in the high courts is more than a necessity, it is an urgency.

Again, Umberto
In this context of haste, Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice, Umberto Martins, is working to expedite the preparation of a list of candidates to fill the two vacancies opened today at STJ for judging bodies such as state governors.
The names chosen by the president of the republic from a four-fold list drawn up by members of the court are gold dust for Bolsonaro. The problem is that the president’s attacks on the STF are delaying this process for the next year.

hence to understand
According to Globo columnist Bela Megale, Planalto’s interlocutors are already pressuring STJ President Umberto Martins to help in the process, given President Bolsonaro’s pressing needs.
There is a persistent fear that the members of the court will postpone the trial until next year precisely because of the clash between Bolsonaro and the powers. The focus is on the resignation of Ministers Napolean Nunez Maya and Nefi Cordeiro.

Concert
In this story, there is not a single pitiful hammered nail without tow. Martins welcomes participation in the frantic race for a Supreme Court seat now eagerly awaited by André Mendonça, already Bolsonaro’s nominee, but whose board is being trained by CCJ Senate President Davi Alcolumbre.