Chega’s only deputy, André Ventura, handed over to Parliament, on December 6, a bill that provides for the increase of penalties for crimes of sexual abuse of children, including the implementation of chemical castration. But the proposed punishment left out victims aged 14 to 18.
According to the opinion of the Superior Council for the Judiciary (CSM), dated January 27 and consulted by the magazine “Saturday “, the diploma presented by Chega – which was admitted for discussion in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees – it only provided for the punishment of the crime of sexual abuse of dependent minors, in custody of institutions or entrusted to an adult, under the age of 14 years. Abuses of victims between the ages of 14 and 18 would not be penalized.
The CSM also states that the point about victims who are dependent minors “deserves better consideration”, since children “are left unprotected in relation to the typical behaviors covered there”. The higher judicial body considers that the project violates two articles of the Constitution: what guarantees the “dignity of the human person” and what prevents perpetual treatments.
The CSM considers that chemical castration can cause reproductive problems for the convict and that as a criminal measure it is “inhuman and cruel”. “The simple lack of erection may not prevent a certain type of sexual aggressor from committing other forms of abuse,” says that body. In response, André Ventura stated that he would maintain the chemical castration proposal and considered that the CSM “defended the aggressor and not the victim”.
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