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São Paulo – Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election on Sunday, said in a video posted on social media that a judge had asked him to surrender his passport on Monday. Bolsonaro claimed the request came from Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is also the judge overseeing the case against Bolsonaro’s father and who is conducting two other investigations that involve the senator. “I will hand over my passports and defend myself against this aberration, which is a clear attempt to intimidate me. But no one will silence me,” Bolsonaro said. He said the judge’s order was based on a comment made by his brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, on 23 October, in which Eduardo suggested that Flávio should leave the country if he lost the election. Bolsonaro denied making that statement and questioned whether it was a legitimate reason to strip him of his passport. He added that the decision was made on Sunday night, immediately after the election results were announced. The senator did not specify which investigation the judicial order relates to. However, television network Globonews reported that the order, which is sealed, is linked to a money‑laundering investigation involving Willer Tomaz, an attorney and close associate of Bolsonaro. The order requires Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and prohibits him from having direct or indirect contact with Tomaz. Last week, Judge de Moraes ordered a preventive seizure of 6 billion reais (about US$1.11 billion or €1 billion) from Tomaz and lifted the lawyer’s banking and tax secrecy. In addition to the Tomaz investigation, the Supreme Court has opened another inquiry into Bolsonaro over alleged illegal financing of the biographical film “Dark Horse,” which depicts his father. Bolsonaro was defeated in the second round of the presidential election, with incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva receiving 51.79 % of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21 %. Article source: El Nuevo Diario | Image credit: El Nuevo Diario
São Paulo – Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost the presidential election on Sunday, said in a video posted on social media that a judge had asked him to surrender his passport on Monday. Bolsonaro claimed the request came from Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who is also the judge overseeing the case against Bolsonaro’s father and who is conducting two other investigations that involve the senator. “I will hand over my passports and defend myself against this aberration, which is a clear attempt to intimidate me. But no one will silence me,” Bolsonaro said. He said the judge’s order was based on a comment made by his brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, on 23 October, in which Eduardo suggested that Flávio should leave the country if he lost the election. Bolsonaro denied making that statement and questioned whether it was a legitimate reason to strip him of his passport. He added that the decision was made on Sunday night, immediately after the election results were announced. The senator did not specify which investigation the judicial order relates to. However, television network Globonews reported that the order, which is sealed, is linked to a money‑laundering investigation involving Willer Tomaz, an attorney and close associate of Bolsonaro. The order requires Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and prohibits him from having direct or indirect contact with Tomaz. Last week, Judge de Moraes ordered a preventive seizure of 6 billion reais (about US$1.11 billion or €1 billion) from Tomaz and lifted the lawyer’s banking and tax secrecy. In addition to the Tomaz investigation, the Supreme Court has opened another inquiry into Bolsonaro over alleged illegal financing of the biographical film “Dark Horse,” which depicts his father. Bolsonaro was defeated in the second round of the presidential election, with incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva receiving 51.79 % of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21 %.
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