On Tuesday, chaos broke out in Brazil's lower house ahead of a successful vote on a sentence-reduction bill for Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro. Leftist MP Glauber Braga was forcibly removed by police after denouncing a 'coup offensive' and occupying the Speaker's chair.

Brazil's lower house of Congress approved a bill early on Wednesday, December 10, that could drastically reduce the sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been serving 27 years in jail for staging a coup. If ratified by the Senate, the 70-year-old far-right leader, who has been behind bars since late November, could see his sentence cut to just over two years.

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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    I've since been informed even some STF ministers acknowledge and support the bill, so scratch that.... it will pass

    EDIT: STF = Brazillian supreme court

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