Bolsonaro defends the end of the Clean Record Law: It is used to pursue right

Former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) stated in a video published on his social networks that the Clean Record Law is currently used to pursue names from the right and defended the end of standardization.

“I want to end the Clean Record law,” Bolsonaro said, remembering that “back” voted favorably to the project. He argued that after former President Dilma Rousseff was revoked by Congress at the end, “decided to make a gambiarra allowing her to continue with her political rights.”

Bolsonaro also cited the case of the current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) and considered that the convictions in “second and third instance, which would make him (Lula) remain ineligible, went to space”.

Bolsonaro minimized the two sentences that, in 2023, tone him ineligible for eight years. “Jair Bolsonaro, what’s the crime? Meet with ambassadors? After the parade, occupy a sound car and make a statement? Abuse of political power and abuse of economic power? ”He said. “That is, the Clean Record Law nowadays is only for one thing: to pursue right -wing politicians,” he added.

The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) condemned him for abuse of political power in two moments: after making statements against the Brazilian electoral system a meeting with foreign ambassadors at the Alvorada Palace in 2022; And in the same year, having made electoral use of the commemorations of the Bicentennial of Independence.

Deputies combined with the former president prepare a new attempt to reverse their ineligibility. After obstacles to the bill that aims to amnesty the January 8 extremists, opponents mobilize the approval of a complementary bill (PLP) authored by Bibo Nunes (PL-RS) to change the Clean Record Law.

The proposal, filed in July 2023, shortly after the first trial of the TSE that made Bolsonaro ineligible, modifies a item of the 1990 ineligibilities law, but in practice affects the Clean Record Law, reducing the sentence of eight for two years of ineligibility. Thus, the penalty would become milder than the one that was in force before the Clean record was approved in 2010.

The new mayor, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), said he considers it too long the eight-year ineligibility period imposed by the Clean Record Law, but stressed that there is no commitment from the chairman to change the current rule.