Brazil’s ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will no longer be allowed to hold public positions for the next eight years, and will therefore not be allowed to participate in elections. That is the result of a trial in which Bolsonaro was found guilty of abuse of power on Friday.
Bolsonaro, 68, questioned the reliability of voting machines as president last year. He did so during a meeting with foreign ambassadors that took place a few months before the presidential election. It was broadcast on television.
Five of the seven judges of the Brazilian Tribunal Superior Eleitoral believe that Bolsonaro is guilty of abuse of power and abuse of the media.
Bolsonaro lost the 2022 election by a narrow margin to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The former president never acknowledged the result.
It is not known whether Bolsonaro wants to run again in the elections, but the judges are now blocking those plans for at least the next eight years. Unless otherwise decided on appeal. Bolsonaro has already said he intends to go to the Supreme Court.
The former president called the statement a “knife in the back”.
2023-06-30 16:41:02
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