Josias: In practice, the Supreme Court imposes a prisoner's routine on Aécio.
According to columnist Josias de Souza, the Supreme Court's decision to remove Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB) from office and order his nightly curfew "in practice, imposed a prisoner's routine on Aécio"; Aécio's removal from office "offers the PSDB a new opportunity to get rid of a toxic member," says the journalist; "But the party shouldn't take advantage of it. The PSDB doesn't usually miss an opportunity to miss opportunities."
247 - UOL political columnist Josias de Souza commented on the Supreme Federal Court's decision to remove Senator Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG) from office, as well as ordering nighttime house arrest and revoking the senator's passport. "How to classify the Supreme Court's decision? Precautionary measures, that's the official name. But you can call it house arrest. The only difference is that the removed senator won't have to drag around an electronic ankle bracelet," writes Josias.
Aécio can't be called a prisoner only because the Constitution doesn't allow the detention of parliamentarians except in cases of flagrant, non-bailable offenses. The limitations imposed on Aécio are the harshest that could have been applied. "The decision was bad for Temer and terrible for the PSDB. Aécio was openly working to reduce the size of the PSDB's opposition bloc against the dismissal of the second indictment by the Attorney General's Office against Temer," explains the columnist.
According to Josias, Aécio's removal from office "offers the PSDB a new opportunity to get rid of a toxic member. But the party shouldn't take advantage of it. The PSDB doesn't usually miss an opportunity to miss opportunities." Check out the full text by Josias de Souza. here.