Overview
- Senators approved the bill 48–25 after narrowing its wording to cases tied to the attempted coup.
- The change in sentencing calculations could reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s effective time in a closed regime to just over two years from a 27-year term imposed in November.
- More than 100 people convicted over the January 2023 Brasília riots would also see shorter sentences under the measure.
- The legislation now heads to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has signaled a veto that Congress could later overturn.
- Protests erupted nationwide with demonstrators chanting “no amnesty,” while officials and experts forecast constitutional challenges in the Supreme Court.