Bolsonaro insists Judiciary wants him to lose reelection
Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UT
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro of the rightwing Liberal Party (PL) Monday insisted the country's Judiciary wanted him to lose this year's elections, following Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes' decision to ban Telegram unless some content was removed.
De Moraes Saturday ordered the messaging app to eliminate from its platforms some statements from pro-Bolsonaro groups labeled as “fake news,” in addition to abiding by other legal requirements. After the company acquiesced, all measures were annulled Sunday.
Bolsonaro stressed during a radio interview the magistrate sought to favor opposition candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva. “We cannot have elections under a cloak of distrust, this is bad for Brazil,” the incumbent President said as he stressed there were “some judges” involved in a conspiracy to leave him “out of combat to elect Lula”.
The retired Army captain focused on De Moraes, one of the 11 members of the Supreme Federal Court who in four months will also take over the rotating presidency of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
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