• Now that the antagonistic president of the #HouseofRepresentatives is gone and that the chair of its #CCJ* ('Justice and Constitution Comission,' a department that can be composed of up to 66 representatives and is responsible for analyzing the legality of a bill through public hearings before it heads to the House for a vote) is now a strong #Bolsonaro ally, Congresswoman #BiaKicis, the hopes of campaign promises to become a reality are back to high, such as, ending career-ending justice hearings for every single case of a law enforcement officer firing a gun, such as, giving Army soldiers the permission to be able to act as police officers in cases when they are sent to help keep or restore order (believe it, as of now, they can't shoot, but just hope their presence intimidates), and such as, approving the Gov't Administrative Reform. Of course, there are many more things relate to gun and administration issues Bolsonaro hopes to have the House finally vote.

The Brazilian #SupremeCourt judge (called 'minister' or 'minister-judge' in #Brazil) #LuísRobertoBarroso just released a book called 'Sem data venia: Um olhar sobre o Brasil e o mundo,' or 'No data venia: An overview about Brazil and the world,' and it contains a passage that prompted Senator #LasierMartins (#Podemos-RS) to resquest that the #Senate #Constitution and Justice Committee summons #Barroso to clarify said passage. It says:

“THE ARTICULATION TO TAKE DOWN THE POSSIBILITY FOR CRIMINAL RULINGS BE CARRIED OUT AT THE SECOND INSTANCE OF JUSTICE WAS THE STRONGEST OF THE REACTIONS, SEEKING TO CHANGE THE VOTE OF TWO JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT THAT, UNTIL THEN, WERE EMPHATICALLY FAVORABLE TO THE RULING.”

He is basically saying that he knows that two judges changed their votes due to political pressure. Now he has to explain how he knows it was political pressure, and the two judges will have to say who pressured them. This is serious stuff. Another question is, if he knew about something so serious, why did he not say anything, but just mentioned it in a book as if it were nothing?

#ccj #riograndedosul