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Brazil: Supreme Court restricts gun use to avoid rising violence during presidential campaign

Brazil’s Supreme Court measure sparks controversy | Font: AFP

Magistrate of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Brazilian Edson Fachin set limits this Monday on the amount of weapons and ammunition that CACs (hunters, shooters and collectors) can acquire, arguing that it could increase the risk of political violence in the election campaign between Lula and Bolsonaro.

Fascine agreed to requests in defense of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and the Workers’ Party (PT) against excerpts from Bolsonaro’s executive orders, which were adopted to make access to this type of weapon more flexible, according to Foglia. de S. Paulo.

This decision further aggravates relations between the judiciary and brazilian governmentstill days after Justice of the Peace Alexandre de Moraes identified a contentious lawsuit against Bolsonaro businessmen who were part of the WhatsApp group that defended the coup.

Government members Bolsonaro They described Fashin’s determination as a “provocation”, but at the same time assured that it makes relations between the powers “increasingly difficult”.

“We believe that there is direct interference both in the executive and in various other matters of the legislature,” said the leader of the Parliamentary Public Safety Front, deputy captain of the Liberal Party, Augusto, according to O Globo.

“Once again, the judiciary is extrapolating its powers, providing unjustified interference. Today’s amparos are interfering with decisions already approved by other authorities (…) Freedom cannot be negotiated and such absurdities cannot continue,” he wrote in a statement to Vice. President Hamilton Murao.

Lula maintains lead over Jair Bolsonaro in polls

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains the top favorite to win Brazil’s Oct. 2 presidential election with a 12 percentage point lead that hasn’t changed in the past two weeks over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

According to a poll released on Tuesday by the Ipec institute, the left-wing Workers’ Party (PT) presidential candidate registered 44% voting intent in a poll recorded last week, the same percentage measured in a poll similar to the one conducted in mid-August.

Bolsonaro, the far-right leader who is seeking re-election by the Liberal Party (PL), received 32% favoritism in a poll taken Friday-Sunday last week, exactly the same percentage as in a poll published on July 15.

(According to Europe Press)

Source: RPP

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