He was being judged for abuse of power during his presidential campaign by the Brazilian election court, the vote is 4-1 right now, 2 more judges left to go but it is already done, he can’t be a candidate in any election for 8 years, which is not enough punishment imo but it is a start
Honestly the best outcome, given how I don't expect him to be in tip-top shape in his 70s. He and his supporters already discredited themselves, whilst giving Lula an excuse to clean house (with some spots left).
Like this is a better result than i was thinking he would get (no punishment) but he really fucked with the justices too much, literally can’t blame anyone else for this,
I don't expect him to be in tip-top shape in his 70s
He's more COVID now than man.
Honestly covid is going to leave a permanent mark on the human genome (unless, you know, extinction)
Or gene therapy ripping it out
is much more likely to rip other things out of the genome first if they remain in power long enough, including anything that inconveniences/scares them.
He's going to run again while being wheeled around in an iron lung.
He deserves much worse but this is a good start! Next step: throw him in jail before he fucks off to the states again.
the funny thing is he is gonna appeal this but like there are like 15 other cases on electoral court alone, and he is involved in many criminal investigations, and he just needs to be convicted of one of those to get the 8 years which is just the maximum allowed, also he is for the first time in years outside of a political position, he does not have the political immunity he had for all that time which means he could go to the jail for some of his weird crimes like getting a really expensive gem from a foreign country and not declaring it and keeping it for yourself, there is just a lot to work with here
“Bolsonaro released a statement earlier today announcing that he’ll be retiring from politics to spend more time at the hospital.”
I think it's important to look at what's happening in Brazil as a reminder that good things can actually happen. Bolsonaro got the boot and Lula is actually pretty good, he's committing to slow down deforestation and working with BRICS.
