Overview
- Lawmakers voted 291–148 to approve a bill reducing penalties for coup-related crimes, which the sponsor says could cut Jair Bolsonaro’s more than 27-year sentence to about two years and four months.
- The proposal proceeds to the Senate, and any changes would still be implemented by the judiciary; President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has previously said he would veto the bill.
- The text combines overlapping offenses and speeds sentence progression, and it would open parole for roughly 100 people jailed over the January 8, 2023 attacks in Brasília.
- Debate turned disorderly as deputy Glauber Braga was forcibly removed after occupying the Speaker’s chair, and journalists were expelled from the chamber, drawing condemnation from press groups.
- Bolsonaro remains in federal custody in Brasília while his lawyers petition the Supreme Court for immediate hospitalization and for humanitarian home detention.