2023-10-29 04:00:08
Bolsonaro could be sentenced again by the TSE Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil – 29.6.2023 The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) resumes next Tuesday (31) the trial of three actions investigating the conduct of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and the former Chief Minister of the Civil House Walter Braga Netto during the Bicentenary of Independence, in 2022. The expectation of Court ministers is that the former president will be convicted. See also Brasília Alexandre de Moraes grants provisional freedom to man who threatened STF ministers Brasília Lula says he negotiates with parties and not with the center, and defends ‘humility’ to dialogue Brasília ‘When a party doesn’t have a woman to nominate, I can’t do it nothing’, says Lula So far, the score is 2 to 1 to convict the former president. The rapporteur, minister Benedito Gonçalves, voted to declare Bolsonaro ineligible for an electoral campaign with public resources on September 7 last year. Furthermore, he voted to impose a fine on Bolsonaro of R$425,640. The minister also spoke out against Braga Netto’s ineligibility, but for imposing a fine of R$212,820 on the former vice-candidate. • Share this news via WhatsApp • Share this news via Telegram The ministers analyze in plenary three actions that investigate the conduct of the former president and Braga Netto during the Bicentenary of Independence. The lawsuits deal with an alleged misuse of the celebrations, which would have been used as an act of electoral campaign by the then candidate for re-election. Remember the trial that left Bolsonaro ineligible for eight years Benedito Gonçalves understood that the illegal conduct was committed by Bolsonaro with Braga Netto’s knowledge. Benedito was followed by minister Floriano Azevedo, who also voted to leave Braga Netto ineligible. Minister Raul Araújo had a different understanding, because he did not see illicit conduct. Last year, the former president’s defense denied the practice of electoral irregularities during the events of September 7th. On Tuesday (24), the electoral attorney general, Paulo Gustavo Gonet Branco, reiterated the demonstration in which he defends the ineligibility of the former president. On the same day, Bolsonaro’s defense stated that the arguments are not sustainable and that there is no reason for the actions. Ineligible In June, by 5 votes to 2, the TSE had already decided to make Bolsonaro ineligible for eight years for abuse of political power due to a meeting with ambassadors that took place months before the election. In practice, Bolsonaro cannot run for any public office until 2030. In early October, the former president’s defense appealed to the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
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