SAO PAULO: Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on Saturday temporarily suspended a law that could shorten prison terms for individuals convicted of the Jan 8, 2023 attacks on government buildings, including former president Jair Bolsonaro, reported Xinhua.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who was assigned to review the law’s constitutionality, issued the decision.
In his ruling, Moraes said the suspension was necessary to ensure legal certainty while the court determines whether the law is compatible with Brazil’s constitution.
The full court is expected to review legal challenges to the legislation, which was promulgated on Friday by Congress president Davi Alcolumbre after lawmakers overturned a veto by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro was sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court in September last year to 27 years and three months in prison for leading an attempted coup.