PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Political violence and presidential election in Brazil (11 July 2022)

Motion Details

This House expresses its deep concerns about reports of political violence against representatives of the Workers’ Party in Brazil ahead of this October’s Presidential election; notes that the far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his cabinet ministers, nearly half of whom are military generals, have made repeated threats against the integrity of this year's upcoming elections; further notes that these have worsened as former President and Workers’ Party leader Lula da Silva has opened up significant poll leads; is concerned that threats, intimidation and hate speech from the President and his supporters create a context in which acts of political violence are more likely; condemns the 9 July killing at a birthday party of Marcelo Arruda, a Workers’ Party official in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, by a Bolsonaro supporter who chanted we are Bolsonaro here; notes that Bolsonaro’s supporters have also attacked pro-Lula rallies including with a home-made bomb and the use of drones to drop faeces onto crowds; and calls on the British Government to raise concerns with the Brazilian government about these reports of violence and intimidation and to call for the coming elections to be free and fair.

Sponsored by:
Richard Burgon (Independent)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
16
37%
 
 
Scottish National Party
11
26%
 
 
Independent
9
21%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
7%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
2%
 
 
Alba Party
1
2%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (43 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Lab
Olivia Blake
Sheffield Hallam
SNP
Deidre Brock
Ind
Richard Burgon (Sponsor)
Leeds East
Ind
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
Lab
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
SNP
Marion Fellows
SNP
Patrick Grady
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
Lab
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Green
Caroline Lucas
Alba
Kenny MacAskill
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SNP
Anne McLaughlin
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
SNP
John Nicolson
SNP
Brendan O'Hara
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Lab
Ms Marie Rimmer
St Helens South and Whiston
Lab
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
SNP
Alyn Smith
SNP
Chris Stephens
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
SNP
Owen Thompson
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Mick Whitley
Lab
Nadia Whittome
Nottingham East
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Beth Winter

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