Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto to reduce Bolsonaro coup sentence
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Updated · The Guardian · Apr 30
Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto to reduce Bolsonaro coup sentence
10 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Apr 30
The lower house voted 318-257 and the Senate 49-41; if a Supreme Court justice confirms it, Bolsonaro's term falls from 27 years three months to 22 years one month.
The law also cuts sentences for about 280 others convicted over the 2022 election plot and could let Bolsonaro move from closed to open prison conditions as early as 2028.
The move deepens pressure on Lula after the Senate rejected his Supreme Court nominee Jorge Messias, underscoring his weak congressional position before an expected tight October election against Flavio Bolsonaro.
Can Brazil's Supreme Court block the new sentencing law, or is a constitutional crisis with the legislature now inevitable?
With his sentence cut and son rising in the polls, could Jair Bolsonaro orchestrate a political comeback from house arrest?