Overview

• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva approved the bill with targeted vetoes that block changes to how ineligibility is counted and prevent retroactive application of the new rules.
• The decision was issued at the legal deadline and will be published in the government’s Diário Oficial on Tuesday.
• The Senate’s approved text would have started the eight-year ban at conviction in many cases, capped cumulative bans at 12 years, and kept stricter counting for heinous crimes, money laundering and organized crime.
• Any attempt to overturn the veto requires separate majority votes in each house of Congress, with at least 257 deputies and 41 senators in favor.
• The AGU and the Ministry of Justice recommended the vetoes, and anti-corruption organizations publicly criticized the proposed rollbacks to the Ficha Limpa rules.