Congreso de Brasil aprueba ley para rebajar la pena de Bolsonaro de 27 a 2 años
El Congreso de Brasil aprobó este miércoles una ley para rebajar la pena de 27 años de cárcel del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, en prisión desde el mes...
TL;DR
- Brazil's Congress passed a law to reduce the prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
- Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years for alleged involvement in a coup attempt.
- The new law could reduce his effective prison time to over two years.
- The legislation may also benefit over a hundred Bolsonaro supporters arrested for the January 8, 2023 events in Brasília.
- The bill was approved by 48 senators with 25 voting against.
- Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro's son, called the law "what was possible in this conjuncture."
- President Lula da Silva has stated his predecessor "has to pay" his sentence and can veto the law, though Congress can override it.
- The bill was fast-tracked through both chambers by the conservative majority before the Christmas recess.
- The author of the bill, Deputy Paulinho da Força, described the penalty reduction as a "gesture of reconciliation."
- Current regulations estimate Bolsonaro's effective prison time at around eight years; the new law could reduce it to about two years and four months.
- Senator Sergio Moro expressed satisfaction that the law would help release people arrested for the "asonada."
- Thousands protested against the bill, with left-wing groups calling it a "farsa."
- Centrist Senator Renan Calheiros called the vote a "farsa" and accused government allies of a quid pro quo for tax legislation.
- Senator Randolfe Rodrigues denied any such deal.
- Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a conspiracy to disregard the 2022 election results.
- The plot allegedly included plans to assassinate then-President-elect Lula.
- Bolsonaro has been serving his sentence in a police facility in Brasília since late November after burning his electronic ankle monitor.
- His lawyers requested he be transferred to a hospital for surgeries related to a recurrent hiccup and a hernia.
- Judge Alexandre de Moraes requested further examinations before deciding on the surgeries.
- Bolsonaro has undergone multiple surgeries following a 2018 campaign stabbing.
- Flávio Bolsonaro has been designated as his father's successor for the 2026 presidential elections.
- Lula plans to run for a fourth term.