Senate Sets CCJ Review of 'Dosimetry' Bill as Relator Signals Changes and Lula Weighs Veto

Overview

• Senator Esperidião Amin scheduled the bill as the sole item in the CCJ on Dec. 17 and said he will alter the text after finding that its reach could extend to corruption, environmental crimes and some sexual offenses.
• The Lula administration is mobilizing to delay the Senate vote with a request for review and has indicated a partial or total veto, and G1 reports government allies predict Congress could override a veto.
• U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau publicly welcomed the Chamber’s approval as a first step to address alleged judicial abuses, and the U.S. Embassy amplified his message.
• The text bans cumulative sentencing for related crimes against the democratic state, restores a general one‑sixth threshold for regime progression and adds reductions for non‑leaders plus study/work abatements, which could cut Jair Bolsonaro’s time in closed regime to about two years and four months, according to estimates cited by the relator.
• Party leaders signaled free votes in the Senate, with PSD’s Gilberto Kassab saying he would back the bill, while figures such as Tarcísio de Freitas called it the politically possible path and left‑wing ministers and groups organized protests to press the Senate to block it.