Aécio compares nighttime curfew to AI-5.
For Alberto Toron, lawyer for Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG), the nighttime confinement of the parliamentarian is a measure worthy of AI-5, a device of the military dictatorship; Toron hopes that the Senate will deliberate on the unconstitutionality of the removal and decide that this removal must also be subject to scrutiny by the House to which this parliamentarian belongs. "Voters have the right for him to exercise this parliamentary activity," Toron states.
Minas 247 - According to lawyer Alberto Zacharias Toron, representing Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG), the Supreme Federal Court's decision to impose a nighttime curfew on the Minas Gerais parliamentarian is a measure comparable to what was done during the period of Institutional Act Number 5 (AI-5).
"The senator has parliamentary immunity; he cannot be confined as was done under Institutional Act No. 5. There is no provision for arresting, even at night, a senator of the Republic or a federal deputy," says Toron.
According to the lawyer, the argument is that this nighttime confinement does not constitute imprisonment; it is an alternative to imprisonment – that's a euphemism.
Toron hopes that the Senate will deliberate on the unconstitutionality of the removal and that, even if the Supreme Court removes a member of parliament, this decision will also be subject to review by the House to which that member belongs. "Voters have the right for him to exercise this parliamentary activity," Toron states.
According to the lawyer, the testimonies given by Joesley (Batista) and Ricardo Saud (JBS executives) should be taken with caution. "Especially regarding the conversation between Andrea Neves and Joesley, offering to sell an apartment. The R$ 2 million requested by the senator from the businessman was a loan, not bribery."