Brazil's Congress fast-tracks amnesty bill that could include Bolsonaro

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's lower house of Congress has voted to fast-track an amnesty bill backed by the right-wing opposition that could include relief for former President Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters sentenced to prison for their roles in 2023 riots after his electoral defeat.

Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, was sentenced last week by a Supreme Court panel to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election, which he lost to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.