Brazil’s former president is said to have used last year’s national day celebrations for election campaign purposes. He may therefore not be elected to any public office until 2030.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has once again been deprived of his right to stand for election in a second trial. The former head of state (2019-2022) may not be elected to any public office until 2030, as the Supreme Electoral Court decided.
It was the second verdict against the former president of South America’s largest country. In June he was banned for eight years because he had cast doubts on the Brazilian electoral system during his time as head of state. He later did not explicitly acknowledge his electoral defeat against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The new procedure concerned the national holiday in September last year. Shortly before the election, then President Bolsonaro misused the celebrations for election campaign purposes, the Supreme Electoral Court ruled. At military parades in the capital Brasília and Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro railed against his challenger Lula.
The new conviction does not extend Bolsonaro’s ban from holding public office beyond 2030. However, his lawyers will now have to appeal this decision again alongside the June verdict if they want to clear the path for Bolsonaro to run for president in 2026.
Source: Stern
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