A Brazilian Supreme Court justice linked to the conviction of former president Jair Bolsonaro is now at the center of a political storm that could influence the upcoming election. Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president’s son and a senator, recently rallied far-right supporters to attack the justice, framing opposition to him as a vote for the leftist incumbent president. The justice, known for his hardline stance against political opponents, has become a polarizing figure in Brazil’s political landscape. The controversy underscores deep divisions ahead of the election, with Bolsonaro’s allies framing the issue as a battle over judicial power and governance.
The judge who helped convict Jair Bolsonaro is caught up in a crisis that could benefit his son and damage LulaMarina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the AmazonThundering to a crowd of thousands of far-right supporters in São Paulo on 7 September, Brazil’s Independence Day, the senator Flávio Bolsonaro focused less on his opponent in the presidential election, the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, than on someone who is not running at all.“Whoever votes for Lula is voting for Alexandre de Moraes,” Bolsonaro shouted, referring to the shaven-headed supreme court justice once described as “Voldemort” by Elon Musk. Continue reading...
