by João Marcelo
SAO PAULO – On Friday of last week, the newly elected president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, of the Progressive Party (PP), suffered the first defeat when he tried to quickly approve the proposed constitutional amendment (PEC) for parliamentary immunity. The proposal was the subject of criticism between left and right parties and was seen by ministers of the Supreme Federal Court as a ‘shielding PEC’. The PEC started to be analyzed by the House plenary without going through any committee, not even in the Constitution and Justice Committee, as usual, mainly involving proposals for amendments to the constitution. At the end of the session, the Mayor ordered the creation of a special commission to analyze the proposal.
The public prosecutor and president of the Instituto Não Aceito Corrupção, Roberto Livianu, in an interview with Dire agency says that it was not without reason that the draft constitutional amendment was called by many people, opposition groups and the PEC press of impunity. According to the prosecutor, it is clear from the text that there are propositions that hinder the arrest and punishment of parliamentarians. “It is important to note when this happens. We have 255 thousand deaths, a miserable, suffering, extremely bad management of the pandemic crisis. Instead of having a total and absolute prioritization on the subject of public health, which is our priority , it is regrettably perceived that there is this concern with rules of shielding parliamentarians “. The president of the Instituto Não Aceito Corrupção stands out.
The Immunity PEC, proposes changes that would not allow the arrest of deputy Daniel Silveira (PSL), for making an apology to the AI-5 and the civil-military dictatorship, or that deputy Flor de Lis (PSD) arrested for being the main suspect to participate in the murder of her husband, Pastor Anderson do Carmo, be removed from the mandate of deputy. With the new proposal, the parliamentarian can only be arrested in flagrante delicto for non-bailable crime provided for in the Constitution.