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Brazil's top court bans defeated Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving, orders passports surrendered
Justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the order after Flávio Bolsonaro lost the presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The short version
- Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and banned him from leaving Brazil.[The Guardian]
- The order also bars Bolsonaro from contacting lawyer Willer Tomaz, a figure linked to betting companies that police suspect were used to launder about £680m.[The Guardian]
- Bolsonaro says the order stems from his brother Eduardo's interview urging him to leave if he lost, but he denies ever saying he would leave Brazil.[The Guardian]
Key facts
- Supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes issued the ruling.[The Guardian]
- Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports after losing the presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.[The Guardian]
- Lula won the presidential election with 51.8 percent of the vote, compared with 48.2 percent for Bolsonaro.[France 24]
- The ruling also orders Bolsonaro not to have contact with lawyer Willer Tomaz, whom police suspect of links to betting companies used to launder about £680m.[The Guardian]
- Bolsonaro said the decision was based on an interview his brother Eduardo gave urging him to leave Brazil if he lost the election.[The Guardian]
- Bolsonaro denied saying that he would leave Brazil.[The Guardian]
What remains uncertain
- The stated basis for the passport order rests on Bolsonaro's own account and is disputed; the reporting does not independently confirm the reason for the ruling.[France 24 · The Guardian]
Sources
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