The Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Rio de Janeiro State Legislature approved on Wednesday (13) a bill to declare comedian Fábio Porchat persona non grata. The vote ended 4-2, after an initial 3-3 tie the previous week. The bill now goes to the full assembly floor. ✓
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"A Comissão de Constituição e Justiça (CCJ) da Assembleia Legislativa do Rio de Janeiro (Alerj) votou nesta quarta-feira (13) pela aprovação de um projeto de lei para tornar o ator e humorista Fábio Porchat persona non grata"
Voting in favor were deputies Alexandre Knoploch (PL), Sarah Poncio (Solidariedade), Fred Pacheco (PL) and Marcelo Dino (PL). The opposing votes came from Carlos Minc (PSB) and Luiz Paulo (PSD). The bill was presented by deputy Rodrigo Amorim (PL), president of the CCJ. ✓
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"Votaram a favor os deputados Alexandre Knoploch (PL), Sarah Poncio (Solidariedade), Fred Pacheco (PL) e Marcelo Dino (PL). Os votos contrários foram dos deputados Carlos Minc (PSB) e Luiz Paulo (PSD)"
According to InfoMoney, Amorim published a video on social media with excerpts from Porchat's interviews and sketches "in which the artist says that religious people cannot interfere in his life because of their beliefs, plus a scene where he pretends to call ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's team and makes insults". In a Metrópoles report, the deputy criticized "public statements made by Porchat referring to ex-president Jair Messias Bolsonaro in a jocular and disrespectful manner". ✓
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"Nas redes, Amorim publicou um vídeo em que apresenta trechos de entrevistas e vídeos de humor de Porchat em que o artista diz que religiosos não podem querer interferir na sua vida por conta de suas crenças, além de uma cena em que ele finge ligar para a equipe do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e faz xingamentos"
"O escárnio manifestado pelo referido humorista, em tom de deboche, não apenas atinge a honra do ex-presidente e de seus apoiadores, mas também despreza a liturgia do cargo e os valores democráticos que sustentam a Nação"
Deputy Carlos Minc, who voted against, argued that "persona non grata is an international diplomatic instrument" and that "a bill must have a generic effect, you don't make a law for one person". According to Minc, quoted by UOL, "this surely will not be" sanctioned by the state government, having only "symbolic effect". ✓
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"Na verdade, persona non grata é um instrumento de ação diplomática internacional. É usada para impedir a entrada de uma figura de outro país. Não se aplica em um caso como esse. Outra coisa é que um projeto de lei precisa ter efeito genérico, não se faz uma lei para uma pessoa"
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What is the specific content and number of the approved bill?
Why it's still unknown: None of the consulted sources identified the official bill number or transcribed its main provisions
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How many precedents of persona non grata declarations have been approved by Alerj and with what practical effects?
Why it's still unknown: Sources did not contextualize whether this is a routine or exceptional procedure in the Rio state assembly
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What is Fábio Porchat's official position on the bill?
Why it's still unknown: UOL reported that it 'tries to contact the artist to comment on the matter', but there was no statement until publication
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What is the timeline for the plenary vote and how many votes are needed for final approval?
Why it's still unknown: Only UOL mentioned that 36 deputies and simple majority are needed, but did not inform the schedule