A panel of judges voted Friday to render far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ineligible to run for office again.
to run for office again after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country's electronic voting system. until 2030, upending the 68-year-old's political future and likely erasing any chance for him to regain power.
The case focused on a July 18, 2022, meeting where Bolsonaro used government staffers, the state television channel and the presidential palace in Brasilia to tell foreign ambassadors that the country's electronic voting system was rigged. Bolsonaro can appeal to the Supreme Court. He also faces other legal troubles, including criminal investigations."This is an injustice against me, my God in heaven! Show me something concrete I have done against democracy," he said."Perhaps my crime was doing the right thing for four years."
Lula's eligibility was reinstated by Brazil's top court following rulings that then-judge and now Sen. Sergio Moro was biased when he sentenced the leftist leader to almost 10 years in prison for corruption and money laundering. Bolsonaro holds a ceremonial leadership role within his Liberal Party and has traveled around Brazil criticizing Lula, who won last October's election with the narrowest margin in over three decades.
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