Jair Bolsonaro banned for eight years for abuse of power in 2022 elections

The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), was stripped of his political rights this Friday by the electoral Court, which found him guilty of “abuses of power” during the campaign that last year brought progressive Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to power.

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With this decision, adopted by five votes to two in the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the 68-year-old far-right leader will not be able to run for elective positions or hold positions in the public administration for a period of eight years. counted from October 2022, when the elections won by Lula were held.

Source: Elcomercio

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