When does the trial begin that could prohibit Bolsonaro from running for public office in Brazil?

The highest electoral court of Brazil A trial for abuse of political power and misinformation against the far-right ex-president will begin on June 22 Jair Bolsonarowho if convicted could be ineligible for public office, the institution announced on Monday.

Bolsonaro is being investigated for having attacked electoral justice and criticized, without evidence, the reliability of electronic voting in Brazil during a meeting with ambassadors last July, less than three months before the October presidential elections, in which he was defeated by the current president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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Before dozens of ambassadors and diplomats from France and Spainas well as the European Union (EU), the far-right said he wanted to “fix bugs” system and have “transparency” in the vote, in a speech of almost an hour in the Alvorada Palacethe official residence.

“I am being accused of coup all the time (…) I am questioning before because we have time to solve the problem, with the participation of the Armed Forces”, added the then president (2019-2022), who accompanied his speech with a PowerPoint presentation on the electoral system.

He Superior Electoral Court (TSE) will meet in plenary session on June 22 to analyze the accusation, but a decision could be postponed. If necessary, the evaluations can continue on June 27 and 29, the entity announced in a note.

If convicted, Bolsonaro could be barred from being eligible for public office for eight years.

The Prosecutor’s Office supports a statement of “ineligibility“of Bolsonaro”due to abuse of political power and misuse of the media”, indicated the TSE.

The former president faces more than a dozen administrative processes in the electoral court for alleged abuse of political and economic power during the 2022 electoral contest.

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It is also the subject of four investigations in the Supreme Federal Courtwith sentences that include imprisonment, including his alleged role as mastermind and instigator of the riot of thousands of his supporters at the headquarters of public powers in Brasilia on January 8.

The ultra-rightist made the electronic ballot box a target of attacks due to its supposed vulnerability, which he said could be used against him.

Brazil adopted the electronic ballot box system in the 1996 municipal elections, and so far no security problems have been verified.

Source: Elcomercio

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