Brazilian president vows to veto bill cutting Jair Bolson...

What’s Happening

So basically Lula acknowledges his decision to uphold 27-year sentence could be overridden by conservative lawmakers Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has promised to veto a bill passed by congress to reduce the prison term of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for masterminding an attempted coup to overturn the 2022 elections.

p Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: ‘I have the right to veto, and then they have the right to overturn my veto or not. ’ Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters View image in fullscreen Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: ‘I have the right to veto, and then they have the right to overturn my veto or not. (plot twist fr)

’ Photograph: Adriano Machado/Reuters Jair Bolsonaro Brazilian president vows to veto bill cutting Jair Bolsonaro’s prison term Lula acknowledges his decision to uphold 27-year sentence could be overridden Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro Thu 18 Dec 2025 11.

The Details

12 EST First Thu 18 Dec 2025 08. 30 EST Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has promised to veto a bill passed reduce the prison term of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for masterminding an attempted coup to overturn the 2022 elections.

Lawmakers passed the bill late on Wednesday after it was approved last week house. On Thursday, Brazil’s leftist president – who, investigations showed, was the target of an assassination plan as part of the coup plot – acknowledged his veto could be overridden conservative congress.

Why This Matters

“With all due respect to the congress, when it reaches my desk, I will veto it,” Lula told journalists on Thursday, adding that those who committed crimes against Brazilian democracy “will have to pay for their acts”. “I have the right to veto, and then they have the right to overturn my veto or not. ” View image in fullscreen Jair Bolsonaro leaving house arrest temporarily in September for a medical appointment.

Diplomats and experts are analyzing what this means for international relations.

The Bottom Line

” View image in fullscreen Jair Bolsonaro leaving house arrest temporarily in September for a medical appointment. Photograph: Diego Herculano/Reuters Legal the experts estimate the bill will reduce Bolsonaro’s time in a closed regime, rn a minimum of six years, to just over two, depending on sentence reduction mechanisms such as good behaviour or reading books.

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