Bolsonaro Again Ruled Ineligible to Hold Public Office by Brazil Electoral Court
- Decision won’t add time to existing eight-year ban from office
- Case alleges abuse of political power in his reelection race
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A majority of judges on Brazil’s top electoral court voted to declare Jair Bolsonaro ineligible to seek or hold public office for a second time on Tuesday, ruling that the former right-wing president abused his power during last year’s independence day celebrations.
Five of the court’s seven judges have voted in favor of barring Bolsonaro, bringing the trial to an end. The decision won’t add to the eight-year ban Bolsonaro received in June, when the same court ruled that he had broken election laws by spreading false claims about the country’s electronic voting system during a meeting with foreign ambassadors.