BRASILIA, June 25 -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday revoked a decree loosening gun control, a week after the measure was pushed back by the Senate.
Bolsonaro edited three new decrees and sent a bill to the Congress, a move contradicting the comment made earlier by government spokesman Otavio do Rego Barros, who has said that the decree would not be revoked.
Bolsonaro has signed a decree easing gun control in May. To come into force, the decree needs congressional approval, but last week the Senate rejected it by a vote of 47 to 28.
Meanwhile, as 14 governors of quite violent states in the country requested the revocation of the rule, with criticisms from experts in public safety, the president modified the original version of the decree and hoped to prohibit common citizens from holding firearms like rifles and carbines.
Bolsonaro's pushback came a day before the Supreme Court was intended to determine the constitutionality of the matter.
The three new decrees must also be analyzed by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.