Chaotic scenes erupted in Brazil's Congress Tuesday as a lawmaker disrupted lower house efforts to vote on a bill that could slash former president Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot.

The far-right former leader began serving his sentence in November after his conviction for a scheme to stop President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking office after the 2022 elections.

Bolsonaro's supporters in the conservative-majority Congress have for months weighed different options, including a possible amnesty for the 70-year-old that fizzled out after countrywide protests.

"Since we were unable to build the political climate and secure the necessary votes to pass the amnesty, the first step to achieving our goal will be the reduction of sentences," congressman Sostenes Cav

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