Former far-right leader will only be able to seek elected office again in 2030, when he will be 75
The political future of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been cast into doubt after electoral judges voted to ban him from running for office for eight years for abusing his powers and peddling “immoral” and “appalling lies” during last year’s acrimonious election.
Four of the superior electoral court’s seven judges voted to banish the far-right radical, who relentlessly vilified the South American country’s democratic institutions during his unsuccessful battle to win a second term in power. One voted against the decision while two were due to vote later on Friday afternoon, although their votes cannot change the result.
