Brazil's Supreme Court predicts Bolsonaro's sentence will be carried out in mid-December.
Bolsonaro received a sentence of 27 years and 3 months; allies intensify pressure for amnesty in Congress.
247 - The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) projects that Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) sentence will be carried out in December of this year. This is according to the column by journalist [name missing]. Valdo CruzAccording to g1, the analysis of the appeals and compliance with procedural deadlines are considered. The court has up to 60 days to publish the judgment, but the expectation is that this will occur before the deadline. Following this, the defense will have five days to file motions for clarification and another 15 days for motions for reconsideration. After receiving an opinion from the Attorney General's Office (PGR), the rapporteur, Alexandre de Moraes, must decide on the validity of the appeals.
The defense should insist on house arrest.
Due to the length of his prison sentence, 27 years and three months, Bolsonaro will have to serve the first years of his sentence in a closed regime, which would mean he would be sent to a penal institution.
The defense strategy will be to request house arrest immediately after the rapporteur's decision regarding the appeals for clarification that are expected to be filed. The Federal Police, in turn, is already preparing a special room for a possible initial detention, a procedure similar to that adopted with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in 2018.
However, some Supreme Court justices acknowledge that Bolsonaro's health is delicate, a factor that could favor the request. The case is being compared to that of former president Fernando Collor, who spent only a few days in prison before serving his sentence at home.
Conviction reinforces pressure for amnesty.
Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison in a landmark decision by the First Panel of the Supreme Court. Allies of the Liberal Party (PL) believe the sentence is harsher than in homicide cases, an argument that has fueled the campaign for amnesty.
The party has the support of the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (Republicanos-RJ), to pressure the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), to schedule the proposal for a vote in the coming weeks.
