Politics · Brazil · 11 hrs ago
Brazil’s prosecutor opposes Bolsonaro’s bid to overturn coup conviction
Brazil’s attorney general has opposed Jair Bolsonaro’s request to review his conviction for attempting a coup.
Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was sentenced by the Supreme Court in 2025 after being convicted of plotting to prevent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office following the 2022 election.
The sentence is described as 27 years in one account and 27 years and three months in another.
Attorney General Paulo Gonet says Bolsonaro’s lawyers are repeating arguments the court has already rejected and have not shown that the conviction is invalid.
The defense also wants the sentence suspended while the court considers its request.
The Supreme Court’s review is being handled by Justice Kassio Nunes Marques, with Justice André Mendonça as reviewer.
The court will decide whether the conviction should be reconsidered; the attorney general’s opposition is not itself a final ruling.
Brazil’s attorney general, Paulo Gonet, opposed Jair Bolsonaro’s request to review his conviction for attempting a coup.
Bolsonaro’s defense is asking the Supreme Federal Court to overturn the conviction and suspend his sentence while the request is considered.
Gonet said the defense had repeated arguments already examined by the court and had not presented grounds to undermine the conviction.
The sources differ on the sentence length: Folha reports 27 years, while Exame reports 27 years and three months.
The request is before Justice Kassio Nunes Marques, with Justice André Mendonça serving as reviewer, according to Exame.
- Who
- Brazil’s attorney general, Paulo Gonet, opposed a request by Jair Bolsonaro’s defense.
- What
- Gonet opposed a criminal review of Bolsonaro’s conviction. The defense also seeks to suspend his sentence while the request is considered.
- When
- Thursday, November 12; the articles were published in 2026.
- Where
- The request is before Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court.
- Why
- Gonet said the defense repeated arguments already considered by the court and had not presented grounds to undermine the conviction.
Bolsonaro's defense
Paulo Gonet
Review of the conviction
Bolsonaro's defense
The defense asks the Supreme Federal Court to modify or overturn Bolsonaro’s conviction.
Paulo Gonet
Gonet says the request does not meet the exceptional grounds for a criminal review.
Suspension of sentence
Bolsonaro's defense
The defense seeks an interim suspension of the sentence until the request is finally decided.
Paulo Gonet
Gonet opposes the review; the sources do not state his position separately on the interim request.
The Supreme Federal Court convicted Bolsonaro of crimes including attempting a coup d’état.
Justice Kassio Nunes Marques gave the attorney general’s office 10 days to submit its position, according to Folha.
Paulo Gonet opposed Bolsonaro’s request for a criminal review.
- Bolsonaro sentence
- 27 years, according to Folha; 27 years and three months, according to Exame
- Review rapporteur
- Justice Kassio Nunes Marques
- Review panel reviewer
- Justice André Mendonça, according to Exame
- Prosecutor's position
- The attorney general opposed the request on November 12
- Previous review request
- The attorney general’s office had also opposed Bolsonaro’s first request, according to Folha
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What people are saying
The review proposed by the applicant does not meet the conditions for admissibility and therefore should not be heard.
The petition in question is devoted to revisiting matters examined by the Supreme Federal Court’s First Panel when it received the indictment and at the time of the conviction, resubmitted in motions for clarification that were rejected and in motions for a dissenting opinion that were not heard.