Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judge’s ruling makes reference to money-laundering case

The far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports just hours after his dramatic loss in the presidential election to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The ruling was issued by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, the same justice who oversaw the trial of the senator’s father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, for attempting a coup.

Bolsonaro posted a video saying the decision was based on an interview his brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, gave last Friday urging his brother to leave Brazil if he lost the election.

    • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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      16 hours ago

      It’s still crazy that someone guilty of these crimes was allowed to even have a chance of being elected

      • kurodriel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 hours ago

        You’d think it’s crazy, but most of his voters still believe he is not guilty of anything and had to flee because of political persecution.

        Several right wing owned companies came forth about stopping charity programs due to the election results, and some claim to be about to fire people because they know they voted for Lula,

        Kinda depressing, actually.