Brazil court upholds election ban on former president Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro is also the subject of five investigations at the Supreme Court that carry possible prison sentences. Photo: AP

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court has rejected an appeal by former president Jair Bolsonaro against an earlier ruling that barred him from running for office for eight years. The court in June blocked Bolsonaro from the next presidential election in 2026, in a ruling that accused him of"abuse of political power and misuse of the media" over his unproven claims that Brazil's electoral system was fraud-prone.

In its initial ruling, the court said on Thursday Bolsonaro had used false information to question the reliability of the electronic ballot box system three months before the 2022 presidential election, which he lost to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.The far-right former leader had called the sentence a"stab in the back", and had previously said he would also appeal before the Supreme Federal Court, Brazil's highest judicial forum.

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