Brazil: Pres. Lula da Silva aims to veto bill reducing sentences to those involved in January 2023 attempted coup

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva confirmed on Thursday his intention to veto the sentencing bill, known as the Dosimetry Law, recently approved by Congress. The legislation reduces penalties for those convicted of the January 8, 2023 coup attempt, a measure that could directly benefit former president Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for alleged anti-democratic acts. Lula stated he would veto the bill if it reached his desk. The proposal, denounced as an amnesty for coup plotters, passed the Senate with 48 votes in favor and 25 against after being approved in the Chamber of Deputies the previous week.    #teleSUREnglish #Brazil #Lula #Bolsonaro #DosimetryLaw #CoupAttempt #Democracy #Justice #Congress

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00:00In other news, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed on Thursday his intention

00:05to veto the sentencing bill, known as the Dosimetry Law, approved by the National Congress.

00:11This law reduces sentences for those convicted of the coup attempt on January 8, 2023.

00:18The law could directly benefit former President Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years

00:22and 3 months in prison for his alleged participation in anti-democratic acts.

00:27The President said that he would veto the bill if this reached the desk.

00:32The bill, denounced as an amnesty for the coup plotters, was approved on Wednesday in the

00:36Senate with 48 votes in favor and 25 against, after having been given the green light in

00:42the Chamber of Deputies the previous week.

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