His lawyer said he would appeal to the Supreme Court if convicted. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BRASILIA - Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro faced an eight-year ban on running for office as Brazil’s top electoral court began trying the far-right leader on Thursday overThe Superior Electoral Tribunal is trying the divisive ex-army captain on charges he abused his office and misused state media when he convened foreign diplomats in July 2022 to warn of the supposed risk of fraud in the October elections, which he went on toBolsonaro, 68, skipped the court date in Brasilia to attend a series of...
Insiders say Bolsonaro will almost certainly be found guilty, taking him out of the next presidential elections, in 2026.The case revolves around a briefing at the presidential residence three months before the elections, at which Bolsonaro told representatives of the European Union, France, Spain and other countries that the electronic voting machines Brazil has used since 1996 compromised the “transparency” of the polls.
Armed with a PowerPoint presentation but no hard evidence, he spent nearly an hour making his case, broadcast live on public TV. Prosecutor Paulo Gonet Branco said the event “was aimed at giving the false impression the voting process is obscure, rigged to manipulate the results and award a fraudulent victory to adversary.”on Jan 8, a week after Mr Lula’s inauguration.
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