Brazilian Judge Allows Flavio Bolsonaro to Visit Jailed Father
The ruling restores visits under existing security rules and keeps them from being used for campaigning, after prosecutors saw no new violations.
- On Monday, October 12, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized Flavio Bolsonaro to resume visits to his father, Jair Bolsonaro. The ruling restores regular access following a 90-day suspension, though it strictly prohibits any campaign use.
- Moraes suspended the visits on July 13 after Flavio allegedly used a meeting to collect a letter from Bolsonaro for social media publication. The 90-day sanction ended on Sunday, October 11, with the judge finding no justification for an extension.
- While access is restored, the court maintains a strict ban on political or electoral purposes during visits. Bolsonaro continues serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt under house arrest, with all manifestos or third-party statements remaining prohibited.
- Flavio, a senator for Rio de Janeiro and the Liberal Party presidential candidate, faces President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the October 25 runoff. The ruling arrives 13 days before the election, though the court noted it has no bearing on campaign cases.
- Prediction markets currently show Flavio leading Lula with approximately 87% support, as investors monitor the race's potential impact on assets like Petrobras and Vale. These probability figures, based on $180 million in traded bets, move rapidly in response to campaign developments.
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Judge of the STF lifted the suspension decreed in July, when Flavio read on social networks a letter from his father to support his candidacy for the presidency.
The Brazilian Supreme Court authorized Monday the resumption of visits of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro to his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, in home prison, after the expiration of the 90-day penalty imposed by the court due to the violation of judicial conditions. In the resolution, Judge Alexandre ... Continue reading "They authorize Flávio Bolsonaro to visit his father Jair weeks after the second round in Brazil"
Brasilia, Oct 12 (EFE).- Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro will visit his father on Tuesday, former president Jair Bolsonaro, at his residence in Brasilia, following the Supreme's decision to lift the ban on visits he had been holding against him for three months. This is what the ultra-rightist said to journalists on Monday [...] La entrada Flávio Bolsonaro will visit his father in home prison this Tuesday was first published in…
The decision was signed by Judge Alexandre de Moraes, the case investigator, who gave rise to an appeal filed by the lawyers of the former head of State on 5 October.
Brazil's Supreme Court once again allows Flávio Bolsonaro to visit his father in house arrest, but the meetings are subject to conditions.
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