PGR says it is against criminal review that could annul Jair Bolsonaro's conviction

The former President of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro (PL), made an appearance lasting around 20 minutes in the backyard of the house where he was under house arrest on September 9, 2025 — Photo: Wilton Junior/Estadão Conteúdo

The Attorney General's Office (PGR) said this Thursday that it is against the criminal review that attempts to annul the conviction of former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months for the coup plot.

The former president's defense presented a new request for criminal review to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on September 25 and again asked for the suspension of the execution of the sentence.

Criminal review is an action that allows you to challenge a conviction that has already become final, in situations provided for by law, such as the emergence of new evidence.

The new action, presented on September 25, cites as “new evidence” a technical opinion that, according to the former president's lawyers, identified problems in the chain of custody and limitations in verifying part of the digital evidence used in the process.