Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes decided on Saturday to suspend the application of the Dosimetry Law, which reduces sentences for those convicted in the January 8 attacks. The measure awaits the Court's plenary analysis of the constitutionality of the rule promulgated by Congress on Friday. Reactions from opposition and government politicians followed quickly.
Moraes ordered that the law not be applied until the final judgment of the actions questioning its validity. The decision was recorded in the cases of at least ten people convicted for the coup acts.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro called the move a “bureaucratic stroke of the pen” and said democracy is shaken. At an event in Florianópolis, he stated that a Supreme Court minister overrides decisions by the people’s representatives.
PSOL leader in the Chamber Tarcísio Motta said the legislation is casuistic and unconstitutional. Lawyers for defendants, such as Helio Junior, criticized the individual suspension of a law already in force.
