Massive protests took place in Brazil this Saturday, against two recent, undertanded moves by the far right in Congress. Our correspondent Brian Mier has more details.
00:00Welcome back to From the South. We moved to Brazil, where massive protests took place this Saturday
00:04against two recent underrated moves by the far right in Congress.
00:09Our correspondent, Brian Meal, has more details.
00:13Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians came out to the streets in over 20 cities this Sunday
00:17to push back against two recent maneuvers by the bolsonarista far right in National Congress
00:23in what many are calling the largest street protests to take place in the country since 2019.
00:30The protests were triggered by events on September 17th, when the majority conservative lower house of Congress ratified two constitutional amendments.
00:41Thousands of workers are on the streets today because this constitutional amendment, which we call the Banditry Amendment, is unacceptable.
00:47For those who don't know about it, it's a bill that, if it passes the Senate, it means that lawmakers who murder, rob, rape,
00:54or associate with organized crime, cannot longer be investigated without congressional approval.
01:00On top of this, there is an amendment for amnesty for the coup plotters.
01:04Those people were convicted, and Congress is trying to take arbitrary action of giving them amnesty.
01:10Both amendments still have to be ratified by the Senate and approved by the Supreme Court.
01:15Senate leaders have indicated that, in their current format, neither will pass.
01:19Instead, conservatives and Senates seem to want to use the threat of amnesty to lower sentences for ex-president Bolsonaro and his cronies.
01:27Nevertheless, the message was clear on the streets this Sunday.
01:31The United Federation of Petroleum Workers is on the streets today across the country,
01:38giving for CIFE and all over Brazil, to denounce the Berberianism that is being perpetrated by federal deputies in our National Congress.
01:45If brought to a floor vote, both amendments will need 49 of the 81 toll votes in the Senate to pass.
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