The Brazilian far-right received a hard blow for next year’s municipal elections after the Electoral Justice condemned former President Jair Bolsonaro to disqualification from running as a candidate until 2030 for the second time, a sanction that was extended to retired general Walter Braga Netto. his former running mate in 2022, who was Bolsonaro’s great card to govern the city of Rio de Janeiro.
The decision was made by 5 votes to 2 by the Superior Electoral Court, which sentenced Bolsonaro for the second time to electoral disqualification until 2030 for the use for proselytizing purposes of the festive events of Independence Day 2022, the bicentennial of the cessation of the Portuguese colony.
Bolsonaro had been disqualified by the same court until 2030 for having used the structure of the State to falsely report fraud in the electronic ballot box electoral system to 139 ambassadors.
This time, the judges understood that he also used the parade of the Armed Forces in Brasilia and Rio on September 7, 2022 as part of his campaign events for the October elections, in which he was defeated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round. He must also pay a fine equivalent to about $90,000.
Source: Ambito
