2023-09-22 02:00:05
Bolsonaro’s appeal began to be judged LR Moreira/Secom/TSE – Archive The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) began judging at midnight this Friday (22) the appeal presented by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) against the decision that made him ineligible. The rapporteur is Minister Benedito Gonçalves. By 5 votes to 2, the Court decided, in June this year, that the politician will not be able to run for any elected office until 2030. The former head of the federal Executive was convicted of abuse of political power during a meeting with ambassadors months earlier of the 2022 elections, when it cast doubt on the Brazilian electoral system. See also Brasília Minister of Defense speaks of ‘cloak of suspicion’ in the Armed Forces after Mauro Cid’s accusation Brasília Ministry of Mines and Energy states that there is no need to resume summer time Blog do Nolasco In a statement, former president Bolsonaro reaffirms that he always "played on four lines"
The trial will be in the virtual plenary. In this modality, there is no debate. If there is a request for a review, the trial is suspended. When a highlight occurs, the decision is restarted in the physical plenary of the Court. The trial runs until September 28th. • Share this news on WhatsApp • Share this news on Telegram Bolsonaro’s defense claims that, if the configuration of abuse of political power, by definition, requires that the person use the position held to influence the legitimacy of the elections, non-direct involvement bodies such as the Civil House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would demonstrate “the non-existence of the illicit”, that is, the legality of the former president’s actions. Motions for clarification In the so-called embargos for clarification — a type of appeal in which one of the parties to a judicial process requests clarification when they consider that there is any doubt, omission, contradiction or obscurity in a decision given —, Bolsonaro’s defense cites the inclusion of the draft of a coup d’état found in the home of former Minister of Justice and Public Security Anderson Torres. “The participation of the parties was not made possible, nor was the exercise of full defense or adversary proceedings guaranteed”, says the text. The former president’s lawyers also state that “it is a conclusion that requires much more intellective (and imaginative) effort to relate a meeting with ambassadors to the drafting of a State of Defense draft — about which there is not even a hint of knowledge on the part of the embargoer. — than interconnecting illicit fundraising and slush funds — in essence, phenomena that receive the same legal treatment”. The ministers who voted to convict the former president at the TSE were Benedito Gonçalves, Floriano Marques, André Tavares, Cármen Lúcia and Alexandre de Moraes, president of the Court. Ministers Raul Araújo and Nunes Marques disagreed with the majority. “The answer that the Electoral Court will give to this question will confirm our faith in democracy and the Rule of Law, because unlike what was intended to be publicized in recent days, mainly through social media, the TSE is not innovating at all”, said Moraes in the vote . The president of the Court also declared that “no candidate, especially the one investigated in this action, Jair Bolsonaro, could claim ignorance about this electoral court’s position on the main premises that should be observed for the 2022 elections”.
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