Former senator Margareth Buzetti reacted to the statements of Antônio Galvan, who criticized the sentence of up to 40 years for femicide and stated that “the death of a woman is no different from the death of a man”. When commenting on a recent case of violence against a woman in Mato Grosso, Galvan also asked: “What am I going to do?”
"What do you mean, what can I do? I went there and did it", responds Margareth after Galvan's speech
Former senator Margareth Buzetti reacted to the statements of Antônio Galvan, who criticized the sentence of up to 40 years for femicide and stated that “the death of a woman is no different from the death of a man”. When commenting on a...
The legislation criticized by Galvan was born precisely from a project presented by Margareth in the Senate. Sanctioned in 2024, Law 14,994 made feminicide a separate crime and established a sentence of 20 to 40 years.
- Margareth cited the recent episodes of violence recorded in Nova Mutum and Cuiabá and questioned the attempt to equate the circumstances faced by men and women.
- "Would these women have the same physical strength to fight these men?
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"At the very least, he was very unhappy. What do you mean, what can I do? Wash my hands?", countered Margareth.
The legislation criticized by Galvan was born precisely from a project presented by Margareth in the Senate. Sanctioned in 2024, Law 14,994 made feminicide a separate crime and established a sentence of 20 to 40 years.
Margareth cited the recent episodes of violence recorded in Nova Mutum and Cuiabá and questioned the attempt to equate the circumstances faced by men and women.
"Would these women have the same physical strength to fight these men? We are talking about women who are killed because men do not accept the end of a relationship," he said.
In addition to the feminicide law, Margareth also worked to advance the classification of vicaricide, when children or family members are killed as a way of causing suffering to women.
For the former senator, anyone who holds a public position cannot simply say that they can do nothing in the face of this reality.
"I had the opportunity to be in the Senate and I did it. We toughened the law and created instruments to protect women. You can't wash your hands while women continue to die."
FROM SPEECH TO LAW
Margareth's role in combating violence against women was not restricted to toughening the penalty for feminicide. In the Senate, she also reported and presented the substitute that typified vicaricide, a crime committed when children or other family members are murdered as a way of harming and causing suffering to women. The text approved by the Senate established a sentence of 20 to 40 years and classified the crime as heinous.
For Margareth, combating violence requires prevention, protection, effective application of laws and, above all, the willingness of those in public positions to act.