2023-06-21 21:34:00
The decision of the Tribunal Superior Electoral (TSE) would mean the political exile of Jair Bolsonaro if it determines that the former president abused power during his government. The former president was accused after summoning, in 2022, in the Planalto palace, a large group of foreign diplomats to persuade them of the insecurity of their country’s electoral system.
Jair Bolsonaro had been holding a speech in the media that questioned the reliability of his country’s electoral system. In this fight to continue promoting and installing this controversial perspective on the agenda, in mid-July 2022 he summoned 72 ambassadors and diplomatic personnel to the headquarters of the Federal Government in Brasilia. That event, broadcast on local television, ended up being the relevant evidence to accuse him of abuse of power and fraudulent use of public media.
During the meeting, the former president, He came to affirm that it was outsourced companies that were in charge of counting the votes and not the systems of the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE).whose judges have reserved three dates to reach an agreement on his disqualification.
If the TSE process is ratified, the former president would leave the political scene for the next eight years, which would mean that he could only run in the 2030 presidential elections at the age of 75.
Bolsonaro admitted that he had “slips in his government” and has three days to give explanations to Justice
Among the 16 lawsuits that the Court has against Jair Bolsonaro that could certify his disqualification is the denunciation of the creation of a disinformation network against its rivals, such as the abuse of political and economic power for distributing campaign social subsidy programs.
In addition, other actions are added where they investigate him if he used the military parades of December 7, 2022 in Rio de Janeiro and the one in Brazil for the Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil for electoral purposes.
Outside the TSE, Bolsonaro is being investigated by the Supreme Court for alleged intellectual responsibility in the attacks by his followers on the institutions on January 8, 2023.
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The accomplice within seven
The seven judges that make up the court -beyond today’s- will have two more sessions, on June 27 and 29, to reach an agreement. However, Bolsonaro’s influence could cause Kassio Nunes Marques, one of the judges, to request more time to analyze the case.
However, by the time Nunes Marques has his turn to speak, the fate of the former president would already be cast. Both Bolsonaro and his closest circle take it for granted that the vote will close with an uncontested 6 to 1 against him, according to the Europa Press agency.
immediate background
After two years in office, Fernando Collor de Melo He was disabled until the year 2000 for passive corruption after being subjected to a political trial by the Senate. The same process by which the former president was removed from office Dilma Rousseff in 2016, however, she kept her political rights intact.
For his part, the current Brazilian presidentLuiz Inacio Lula da SilvaHe was also disqualified and imprisoned after a judicial process marked by irregularities, as confirmed by the Supreme Court, which enabled his political rights and allowed him to stand in the last elections.
Jair Bolsonaro’s future would go straight to his disqualification for up to eight years. A measure that will have repercussions for the most conservative governments in the region.
NT / ds
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