The case at the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) investigating Bolsonaro's abuse of power is in its final stages.
A court ruling could result in the former head of government being declared ineligible to hold office.
247/Sputnik - The legal process accusing Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) of abuse of political power and misuse of the media has just entered its final stage at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
De agreement According to CNN Brazil, this is the final stage of the process before the rapporteur, Minister Benedito Gonçalves, forward the case to the members of the TSE. The trial in court could result in the former head of government being declared ineligible to run for office. far rightThe newspaper added that there should be important chapters in the process when the electoral prosecutor and the defense make their final arguments.
The lawsuit filed by the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) in August 2022 was opened against Bolsonaro after a meeting with ambassadors at the Alvorada Palace, in which he questioned the reliability of the electronic polls. action alleges that he committed administrative irregularities, premature election campaigning, abuse of political and economic power, and crimes against the democratic rule of law.
He is also being investigated as the alleged mastermind behind the attempted coup and the... undemocratic acts committed by radicals in the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília, on January 8th.
'I'm out of office, but not retired'
Meanwhile, after returning to Brazil, Bolsonaro declared that he was taking a break, "but not retired."
"We're going to show these people [in the Government], who will be in power for now and for a short time, that they won't get away with doing whatever they want with the nation's future," he declared.
Bolsonaro flew to the USA. at the end of 2022 He did not participate in the transfer of power to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his third term. According to Brazilian media, the former head of government has requested a six-month visitor visa to extend his stay in the United States.
Last February, Bolsonaro stated In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he stated his intention to return to the country in March and lead the opposition against Lula. However, before leaving the US, the politician told CNN Brazil that... I didn't intend to to lead the opposition to the government.
On January 8th, thousands of radical Bolsonaro supporters stormed the buildings of the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court (STF), and the Planalto Palace (seat of government), demanding a military intervention to oust President Lula, who had assumed office a week earlier.
The protesters breached the barricades, assaulted security guards, broke doors and windows, and occupied part of the building and the roofs of the Executive headquarters.