RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill Wednesday aimed at reducing the time that former President Jair Bolsonaro spends behind bars following his sentence of more than 27 years for attempting a coup. But his successor has said he would veto the measure.

The bill now goes to the Senate. The bill's centrist sponsor Paulinho da Força said it's aimed at reconciliation and that if it's adopted, the right-wing ex-president’s time behind bars could be reduced to two years and four months. But it would need to be sanctioned by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the leftist president has previously said he would veto it.

Lawmakers voted 291-148 in favor of the bill following a contentious session in which scuffles broke out as members of Lula's party, which holds

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