“At my age, I want to stay 100% active on the policy. If they take me away, it’s an insult.” Jair Bolsonaro maybe next week first former president Brazil political disability by a supreme court. HE Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) will decide whether the 68-year-old former Captain abused his power in the middle of a religious propaganda campaign in 2022 when he summoned foreign diplomats to warn them that electronic ballot boxes were not transparent. Here are the ones that gave him victory in 2018 but suddenly became the excuse at hand to challenge what the polls predicted: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro lied in front of ambassadors, and among all the lawsuits brought against him by the far-right government’s end, this case seems to be heading towards an unprecedented decision that will leave him out of the race in 2026. and the 2028 presidential elections… TSE had never acted in this direction. President in 1993 Fernando Collor de Mello He was fired for corruption. Congress banned him from holding public office for seven years. A measure of a similar nature fell on Lula’s back. But the judge’s decision Sergio Moro It was canceled by the Supreme Court due to numerous irregularities that allowed its leader. workers’ party (PT) reclaims his political rights and returns to the presidency.
Seven TSE judges will meet next Tuesday and will meet again on Thursday in case of disagreement. according to the carioca newspaper or sphere, the court’s main official, Alexandre de Moraes, managed to dissuade other judges from stopping the proceedings against Bolsonaro. De Moraes pointed to the ministerial columnist Malu Gaspar. Kassio Nunes Marques And Raul Araujo, “promise to vote” in favor of disqualification. The atmosphere of the former president is pessimistic. They predict that the vote would be 6 to 1 and only a political and judicial miracle can delay this sentence for another month.
request for forgiveness
Returning to the country from the United States last April, Bolsonaro briefly abandoned his open hatred of judges to plead for mercy. Not only to the TSE, but to the Federal Supreme Court (STF), of which De Moraes was a part, during his presidency his favorite target of indignation. By contrast, he used in his defense a case law that benefited other leaders. Dilma Rousseff And Vice President Michel TemerRemains in office after the PT representative was dismissed by parliament.
The former captain is not very hopeful about making his voice heard. And so he compared his forensic luck with others. “what’s going on” in Nicaragua, where Daniel Ortega “jails his opponents” or in neighboring Bolivia. The interim president was put on trial there jeanine anes For participating in the conspiracy that removed Evo Morales from the Government in November 2019.
divided brazilians
“To exclude Bolsonaro from the electoral arena, act of self-defense”, said Bruno Boghossian, columnist for the ‘Folha’ newspaper in São Paulo. The leader of the far-right has made life easier for TSE ministers who have put him on trial,” he said. For years, he “leaded a broad daylight conspiracy to undermine the credibility of the country’s voting system, leaving behind evidence of a plan that would keep him in power even if defeated.”
A survey by consulting firm Genial/Quaest found that: 47% of Brazilians supported the disqualification of the former president, while 43% of those who refused. The survey does not show just how divided society remains regarding the figure of Bolsonaro. This support is still a weapon that the most radical factions believe should avoid any condemnation. In fact, the São Paulo newspaper ‘Estado’ reported that Bolsonarismo was preparing to make the main region of that country ungovernable. Tarciso Gomes de FreitasAn old ally who made a coexistence pact with Lula.
Other sensitive reasons
Beyond the imminent news of TSE, the legal horizon of the man who is thought to have perpetuated in Eternity… Planalto Palace they are disturbing. There are several reasons against Bolsonaro, including his responsibility to manage the epidemic that has killed more than 700,000 people, or his scandalous attempt to confiscate jewels given by the Saudi monarchy. However, there is one more sensitive file, as you remember. Christian ZaninLula’s lawyer and president wants him to occupy a seat in the STF. The lawyer called for a redoubled effort to link up with Bolsonaro’s January 8 attempt to overthrow state institutions.
One of the most convincing evidence of its possible connection is the coup project found by the police in the home of the former Minister of Justice. Anderson Torres. The former captain once again glorified his followers, who took Brasília that Sunday, a week after Lula’s inauguration. “What is this blow to the young ladies with the Brazilian flag and the Bible under their arms on Sunday?”