PGR Urges Convictions in STF Trial as Chamber Sets Vote on Jan. 8 Sentencing Rollback

Overview

• Attorney General Paulo Gonet asked the Supreme Court’s First Panel to convict six defendants accused of managing the post‑2022 plot, pressing charges that include armed criminal organization, attempted coup and violent abolition of the democratic state.
• Prosecutors say the group misused security forces to hinder voting, monitored and planned to neutralize authorities, drafted a coup decree and enabled the January 8 attacks; the accused include Marília Alencar, Fernando de Sousa Oliveira, Silvinei Vasques, Mário Fernandes, Marcelo Costa Câmara and Filipe Martins.
• The Chamber scheduled a vote on Paulinho da Força’s dosimetry bill to recalculate penalties with retroactive reach, ending the cumulative summing of overlapping crimes and creating one‑third to two‑thirds reductions for non‑leaders acting in a crowd, with faster progression and remitted time for study or work under house arrest.
• Government leaders condemned taking the bill to the floor and alleged pressure from PL and Flávio Bolsonaro, while reporting by Valor indicates congressional negotiators estimate Jair Bolsonaro’s 27‑year sentence could translate to less than three years in closed regime if the text passes.
• In separate developments, TRF‑1 annulled a Tabatinga decision to allow two accused executors of the Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips murders to proceed to jury trial, and São Paulo’s Military Police administratively suspended Lt. Henrique Velozo after his jury acquittal in the Leandro Lo case.