The House approved urgent status for the Amnesty Bill, the House also approved the Privileges PEC, and the government pushed through the Social Electricity Tariff to provide subsidized power to low-income families

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 18 Sep 2025 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The Lower House plenary approved urgent status for the Amnesty Bill for those imprisoned in connection with the January 8 attacks (PL 2162/23). The measure passed with 311 votes in favor and 163 against. Centrist parties only backed urgency for the amnesty after the PL overwhelmingly supported the Privileges Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC 3/25), which the Lower House approved on Tuesday, September 16. Meanwhile, the government managed to push through the provisional measure expanding the Social Electricity Tariff to provide free power bills for approximately 4.5 million low-income families.

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