{"id":18155,"date":"2019-08-27T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&p=18155"},"modified":"2021-04-05T14:19:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:19:45","slug":"find-out-more-about-the-ups-and-downs-of-bolsonaros-arms-policy","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/find-out-more-about-the-ups-and-downs-of-bolsonaros-arms-policy\/","title":"Find out more about the ups and downs of Bolsonaro\u2019s arms policy","content":"

The policy of access to and use of arms in Brazil has probably never before undergone so many changes in such a short space of time. From 15 January to 21 August, President Jair Bolsonaro published eight decrees \u2013 some revoking previous ones \u2013 that were voted by the Senate and caused the Federal Supreme Court to speak out.<\/span><\/p>\n

The chief of the executive has also sent an urgent bill of law on the same subject to the Congress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The electoral platform of his candidacy has become one of the focal points of hundreds of orders issued by the president in the few months he has been in power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be noted that, apart from Fernando Collor, Bolsonaro is the president who has issued the highest number of decrees in the first six months in the Planalto. By the 179<\/span>th<\/span> day of his first mandate (27 June), Bolsonaro had issued 236 decrees. This is 30.39% more than seen in Fernando Henrique Cardoso\u2019s first government (181); 15.12% more than in Lula\u2019s first mandate (205) and 184.34% more than Dilma in the same period (83). Between March and September Collor issued 351 acts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a president who seems to be prepared to do anything to satisfy his own wishes and personal interests, even if he has to override legislative procedures, democratic processes and jeopardise people\u2019s safety to achieve this.\u201d Said Jefferson Nascimento, Lawyer and Consultant at Conectas.<\/span><\/p>\n

An\u00a0<\/span>official letter<\/b><\/a>\u00a0sent by Conectas and the Instituto Sou da Paz,\u00a0on Tuesday 27 August, to a number of UN Special Rapporteurs is calling for the organisation to put pressure on the Brazilian government to comply with a series of international commitments made and explains the current situation and the validity of the government\u2019s measures on this subject. See below:<\/span><\/p>\n

Timeline: the ups and downs of arms policy<\/b><\/p>\n