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Weekly Report - 02 November 2023 (WR-23-44)

BRAZIL: Bolsonaro found guilty of abuse of power, again

Brazil’s top electoral court (TSE) declared former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) ineligible to run for office again on 31 October, this time on the grounds that he used last year’s official Independence Day event on 7 September, just a month before the election, as a platform to boost his personal campaign. The TSE first found Bolsonaro guilty of abuse of power in June, resulting in him being barred from running for election for the next eight years.

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