A man shot with a firearm at his ex-wife’s house last Saturday (29) around 2:30 am in the Santa Candida area, in the municipality of Laches, located in the Serra de Santa Catarina.

The suspect already had several complaints – Photo: Carlos Jr/ND

The garrison of the 6th BPM (military police battalion) of Lages was involved, who, upon arriving at the scene, spoke with the 37-year-old victim.

The woman reported that her 31-year-old ex-husband, who has statements of threats, harm, injuries, bodily harm, resistance and disrespect, would have gone to the victim’s place of residence and fired several shots from a revolver in her direction, but no one hit woman.

Lula authorizes a change in the Law of Maria da Peña, and now the victims receive immediate protection measures

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed the law amending the María da Peña law on Thursday (20). One of the changes is that the victim has the right to apply for a measure of protection in a simplified manner, that is, from the moment of contacting the police or submitting a written application.

Information provided by Agência Brasil. The amendments published in this Thursday issue of the Official Gazette include, among other things, three new paragraphs in Article 19 of the law, which deals with urgent protective measures.

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The changes were proposed by Simone Tebet in 2022, when she was still an MDB senator. The project was approved by the Chamber in March of this year.

According to the decree, urgent protection measures must be provided regardless of the criminal characterization of violence, the filing of a criminal or civil lawsuit, the existence of a police investigation or the registration of a police report.

In addition, Lula authorized that urgent protective measures would remain in place for as long as there was a risk to the physical, psychological, sexual, birth or moral integrity of the victim or her dependents.

Cases of domestic violence in Santa Catarina increased by 9.6%.

According to the civil police, in the first months of this year, the number of cases of domestic violence in Santa Catarina increased by 9.6%. From January 1 to April 11, 2023, 19,668 cases of violence were registered in Santa Catarina, compared to 17,940 in the same period last year.

Carmen Rial, an anthropologist at UFSC (Federal University of Santa Catarina), attributed the idea of ​​”toxic masculinity” to the rise in violence in general.

What is the Law of Maria da Peña?

According to the National Council of Justice (CNJ), the María da Peña Law establishes that every case of domestic and domestic violence is a crime, must be investigated as part of a police investigation, referred to a government ministry and tried in specialized courts. about domestic violence against women. Women, and in cities where they still do not exist, in criminal courts.

The law also typifies situations of domestic violence, prohibits the application of monetary fines to aggressors, extends sentences from one to three years in prison, and directs women in situations of violence, as well as their dependents, to protection and social assistance programs and services.

Entered into force on August 7, 2006, the law was named Maria da Peña, after Maria da Peña’s pharmacist Maia Fernandez, whose husband tried to kill her twice and who has since dedicated herself to combating violence against women. .