PML: "Brazil owes Genoino an apology"
The progression from semi-open to open prison regime, which the former congressman will serve at home, "should be celebrated," states Paulo Moreira Leite on his blog on 247; "However, the celebrations should not be exaggerated," the journalist emphasizes; "The return home provides an impression of normality to an absurd story of persecution and injustice"; PML also says that José Genoino, who, he recalls, never handled money in more than 50 years of political activity, "should never have been convicted. Much less imprisoned."
247 - The authorization by Supreme Court Justice Luís Roberto Barroso for former congressman José Genoino to progress from semi-open to open prison regime, which he will serve at home, "should be celebrated," states Paulo Moreira Leite in a new article published on his website. blog no. 247.
"The celebrations shouldn't be exaggerated, however," the journalist adds. "The return home lends an air of normalcy to an absurd story of persecution and injustice." According to PML, Genoino "should never have been convicted. Much less imprisoned."
In the post titled "Brazil owes Genoino an apology," the blogger points out that the Workers' Party member "never handled money in over 50 years of political activity," and yet he was convicted of corruption by the Supreme Court. Furthermore, he was sent to prison "with a 15cm implant in his aorta."
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