RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Bolsonaro said he has not yet made a decision on whether to sanction or veto the law establishing a public fund for campaign financing but claims he sees a risk of committing a "crime of responsibility" should he change the fund's amount, an option that could result in an impeachment proceeding, and mentioned the need to "prepare public opinion".
"The electoral fund is a law, what has the TSE [Superior Electoral Court] done? It authorized R$2 billion (US$500 million). So a veto or a sanction is obeying the law," he said. "If . . .
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