SAO PAULO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed on Thursday a bill passed by Congress cutting former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup. The bill approved by lawmakers in December could cut the former president’s prison term to just over two years. Congress can still override Lula’s veto. […]
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Brazil’s Lula vetoes bill cutting former president Bolsonaro’s sentence
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SAO PAULO, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vetoed on Thursday a bill passed by Congress cutting former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup.
The bill approved by lawmakers in December could cut the former president’s prison term to just over two years. Congress can still override Lula’s veto.
(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo and Isabel Teles)