{"id":4299,"date":"2025-12-11T05:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/brazils-chamber-of-deputies-passes-bill-to-lower-bolsonaros-sentence\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T05:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:35:37","slug":"brazils-chamber-of-deputies-passes-bill-to-lower-bolsonaros-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/brazils-chamber-of-deputies-passes-bill-to-lower-bolsonaros-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s Chamber of Deputies passes bill to lower Bolsonaro\u2019s sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The controversial bill, which prompted a scuffle in Congress\u2019s lower chamber, now proceeds to the Senate for a vote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p><strong>Sao Paulo, Brazil \u2013<\/strong> The lower house of Brazil\u2019s Congress has passed a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup.<\/p>\n<p>The contentious vote came in the early hours of Wednesday, after a protest by a left-wing congressman triggered a fight involving lawmakers, police and journalists.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/25\/brazils-supreme-court-orders-jair-bolsonaro-to-begin-prison-sentence\">Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court orders Jair Bolsonaro to begin prison sentence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/6\/flavio-bolsonaro-enters-brazils-2026-presidential-race-with-fathers-nod\">Flavio Bolsonaro enters Brazil\u2019s 2026 presidential race with father\u2019s nod<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/10\/flavio-bolsonaro-retracts-suggestion-of-a-price-to-end-2026-election-bid\">Flavio Bolsonaro retracts suggestion of a \u2018price\u2019 to end 2026 election bid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The bill, which the Senate must now approve, aims to reduce the sentences of more than 1,000 people involved in the attacks on January 8, 2023, which saw Bolsonaro\u2019s supporters storm government headquarters in Brasilia.<\/p>\n<p>Its beneficiaries would include Bolsonaro and several ministers and military officials who were convicted alongside the ex-president for plotting to hold onto power after losing the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was brought to a vote late on Tuesday night, prompting outrage from its opponents. The scene inside the Chamber of Deputies quickly devolved into chaos, with pushing and shoving between lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Glauber Braga, a left-wing congressman opposed to the bill, attempted to block the vote by sitting in the chamber president\u2019s chair, before being forcibly removed by police.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4166397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4166397\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25344101143977-1765407588.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C513&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Members of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies standing up on the chamber floor.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4166397\">Congress members in Brazil\u2019s Chamber of Deputies consider a bill to alter sentencing guidelines for certain crimes, including those involving coups d\u2019etat, on December 9 [Eraldo Peres\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tulio Amancio, a Brazilian reporter from the network TV Band, witnessed the scuffle. He told Al Jazeera that journalists were forcibly expelled from the chamber, and the live television signal was cut.<\/p>\n<p>When Braga was removed, Amancio said journalists rushed towards the congressman to film the scene. Police started shouting \u2014 \u201cOpen up! Open up!\u201d \u2014 as they pushed their way through the crowd of reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Amancio added that \u201ccolleagues were assaulted\u201d by police in the hubbub.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always pushing and shoving. There\u2019s always some kind of confusion. It\u2019s part of political coverage involving authorities, but physical aggression in the way it happened this Tuesday, unfortunately, will be remembered as a sad chapter in this story here in Congress,\u201d Amancio said.<\/p>\n<p>Maria do Rosario, a congresswoman from the left-wing Workers\u2019 Party, voted against the bill. She criticised the chamber president, Hugo Motta, for his handling of the protest, including his decision to call congressional police to remove Braga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was treated with profound violence,\u201d she told Al Jazeera. \u201cHe was dragged out, and at the same time, this agenda that President Hugo Motta has put forward is a disgrace that undermines democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HugoMottaPB\/status\/1998511899646845168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> shared over social media, Motta argued that Braga\u2019s actions disrespected the legislative branch.<\/p>\n<p>He also appeared critical of the police reaction, saying he has ordered an \u201cinvestigation into possible excesses regarding press coverage\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must protect democracy from shouting, from authoritarian gestures, from intimidation disguised as a political act,\u201d Motta wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Bolsonaro, who served as president from 2019 to 2023, was found guilty in September on five charges, including one count of seeking the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>He and his supporters have refused to acknowledge his defeat in the 2022 presidential race, which saw the election of current president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n<p>Since November, the popular far-right president <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/25\/brazils-supreme-court-orders-jair-bolsonaro-to-begin-prison-sentence\">has been held<\/a> in the federal police headquarters in Brasilia.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the jailed president\u2019s eldest son, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/6\/flavio-bolsonaro-enters-brazils-2026-presidential-race-with-fathers-nod\">announced<\/a> on December 5 he will run for president in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, he suggested he would renounce his candidacy if his father were freed from prison and called on Motta to hold a vote on Wednesday\u2019s sentence-reduction bill. The senator later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/10\/flavio-bolsonaro-retracts-suggestion-of-a-price-to-end-2026-election-bid\">retracted<\/a> his offer to drop out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe price was his father\u2019s freedom,\u201d said Rosario, echoing widespread speculation about Flavio Bolsonaro\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil\u2019s Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversial bill, which prompted a scuffle in Congress\u2019s lower chamber, now proceeds to the Senate for a vote. Sao Paulo, Brazil \u2013 The lower house of Brazil\u2019s Congress has passed a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro\u2019s 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup. 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