Jair Bolsonaro has been barred from seeking public office until 2030. The country’s electoral court ruled that Bolsonaro violated election laws when he summoned diplomats from several countries to falsely claim voting machines were rigged against him.
Intentionally or not, the ruling aimed at Bolsonaro but not at his ability to propagate his broader authoritarian neoliberal project for Brazil.
Bolsonaro’s running mate, Gen. Walter Souza Braga Netto, was also a defendant in the case considered by the electoral court. Bolsonaro, however, went down alone, with Braga Netto spared of any charges. This is noteworthy, confirming the impression that Bolsonaro was “sacrificed” —in Congress have only discreetly expressed their dissent against the electoral court’s decision.
these networks started advancing the old narrative that “the system” is against Bolsonaro, seeking “revenge” against him . Therefore, the latest court decision may even generate further attachment to Bolsonaro himself, ultimately forcing a realignment of right-wingers in office, who conveniently sway between closeness to and distance from Bolsonaro, friendliness with and criticism of “extremists.
Legal actions such as the ones facing Bolsonaro cannot alone match up to the extent of the right-wing movement.is not over yet — nor is the country’s right-wing movement. The consequences of the electoral court’s decision to bar him from public office are yet to unfold; therefore, the decision is not a total victory — indeed, one should see it as a cautionary tale.
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