Sóstenes Silva Cavalcante (born 16 January 1975) is a Brazilian politician and pastor. Although born in Alagoas, he has spent his political career representing Rio de Janeiro (state), having served as state representative since 2015.[1]
Sóstenes Cavalcante | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2015 | |
| Constituency | Rio de Janeiro |
| Second Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
| President | Arthur Lira |
| Preceded by | André de Paula |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sóstenes Silva Cavalcante 16 January 1975 Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil |
| Political party | PL (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Website | www |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Christian |
| Denomination | Neopentecostal |
| Organization | |
| Church | Assembly of God |
Personal life
editCacalcante is married to Isleia Cavalcante. He is a pastor of the Assembleias de Deus church.[2]
Political career
editCavalcante voted in favor of the impeachment against then-president Dilma Rousseff and political reformation.[3] He would later back Rousseff's successor Michel Temer against a similar impeachment motion, and also voted in favor of the Brazil labor reform (2017).[4]
Due to his evangelical beliefs Cacalcante is strongly against same-sex marriage, and since his time in the chambers of deputies has been pushing for a bill that would define marriage as exclusively between a man and woman.[5] During his time in office Cacalcante has lobbied with other evangelical politicians including Eduardo Cunha and Everaldo Pereira.[6]
PL 1904/2024
editIn 2024, he proposed the PL 1904/2024, which equates abortion after 22 weeks of gestation to simple homicide and restrictions, including in cases of pregnancy resulting from rape, cases in which abortion is permitted under current legislation.[7][8]
Cavalcante stated that he proposed the bill to "test" whether Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would fulfill his promise not to veto projects of a moral nature.[9][10]
The project was accepted by the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira, and began to be processed urgently after a controversial symbolic vote, which generated a wave of protests over its content, given that the proposal would equate the penalty for abortion after 22 weeks of gestation to that of the crime of homicide, being greater than the penalty for the crime of rape itself and therefore penalizing the victim more than the rapist. [11][12][13]
References
edit- ^ "Sóstenes CAVALCANTE – Biografia" (in Portuguese). Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Pr. Sóstenes Cavalcante passa a ser suplente na CDH e não poderá concorrer à presidência da Comissão". Guia-me (in Portuguese). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer". Carta Capital (in Portuguese). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ Chagas, Thiago (13 March 2015). "Pastor Sóstenes Cavalcante vai presidir comissão especial do Estatuto da Família na Câmara". Gospel Mais (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Castro, Juliana; Fernandes, Leticia; Remigio, Marcelo (23 August 2015). "Para enfrentar denúncia, Cunha se ampara em grupo construído entre evangélicos" (in Portuguese). O Globo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Aborto no Brasil: o que está em jogo com projeto que torna homicídio interromper gestação após as 22 semanas". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Pena pode ser maior que a do estuprador: veja o que muda com PL antiaborto". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "'Nós não podemos aceitar', diz ministra das mulheres sobre PL do aborto". CartaCapital (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Autor do projeto que equipara aborto a homicídio diz que bancada quer 'testar' Lula sobre veto". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "PL do aborto mobiliza a sociedade e leva protestos às ruas em meio a silêncio do governo; Lira sinaliza recuo". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ redacaonos. "Famosas se posicionam contra PL que equipara aborto a homicídio: "Isso é nojento e cruel"". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ CNN, Da. "Em votação popular no site da Câmara, 70% discordam totalmente de PL que equipara aborto ao homicídio". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
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