An indigenous person from the Xokleng people was murdered yesterday (27) in Santa Catarina. Hariel Paliano, 26 years old, was found dead on the side of the highway that connects the municipalities of Doutor Pedrinho and Itaiópolis. The body showed signs of beatings and burns.
According to the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi), the crime occurred 300 meters from Hariel’s house. He lived with his mother and stepfather, the leader of Kakupli village. On the 4th of this month, the house was shot at. The Federal Police (PF) investigates the case.
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At the time of the crime, some of the village’s indigenous people were returning from Brasília, where they participated last week in the Terra Livre Camp (ATL).
In the region, the Ibirama La Klaño Indigenous Land is located, where indigenous people from the Kaingang and Guarani ethnicities, in addition to the Xokleng, live. The land dispute at the site was analyzed by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) when it considered the thesis of the time frame for demarcation of indigenous lands unconstitutional.
In a statement, Cimi expressed solidarity with Hariel’s family and stated that episodes of violence in the region were intensified after the approval of the landmark by Congress.
The entity also cited the decision of Minister Gilmar Mendes who determined that conciliation should be carried out in the actions that deal with the validity of the time frame. The minister is the rapporteur of the actions filed by the PL, the PP and the Republicans to maintain the validity of the bill that recognized the landmark and of processes in which entities representing indigenous people and government parties challenge the constitutionality of the thesis.
“Gilmar Mendes’ decision was understood as a victory for the sectors that oppose the demarcation of the Ibirama La Klaño Indigenous Land and other indigenous lands in Brazil. In this sense, the decision in question became fuel for euphoria and hatred against indigenous peoples”, declared the entity.
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According to the temporal framework thesis, indigenous people only have the right to lands that were in their possession on October 5, 1988, the date of promulgation of the Federal Constitution, or that were under legal dispute at the time.
In December last year, the National Congress overturned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s veto of the bill that validated the landmark.
In September, before the parliamentarians’ decision, the Supreme Court decided against the landmark. The Court’s decision was taken into account by the Planalto Palace’s legal team to justify the presidential veto.
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