Temer advocates ‘rethinking’ the dosimetry project

Former President Michel Temer stated on Monday, the 22nd, that the project under discussion in Congress to reduce the sentences of those convicted of an alleged attempt at a coup needs to be reassessed in light of the new sanctions imposed by the United States surrounding Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. ‘This last gesture was quite aggressive, it changes things a bit,’ Temer declared in an interview with GloboNews during an event in the southern zone of São Paulo. ‘The way in which Paulinho [da Força, federal deputy] and the president [of the Chamber] Hugo Motta were moving things was flowing well. I think at this moment, we need to rethink a bit.’ + Read more Politics news at Oeste. The statement came hours after the confirmation that lawyer Viviane Barci, Moraes’ wife, and companies connected to the minister’s family were included in the Global Magnitsky Act sanctions list by the U.S. Treasury Department. The measure expands the scope of the sanctions announced in July against the magistrate and already in effect since August. Temer stated that at this moment, it is necessary to ‘let the dust settle and revisit the topic.’ According to him, negotiations around the project ‘were progressing well,’ but recent events have changed the scenario.