Flavio Bolsonaro vows to lead opposition after Brazil court imposes travel ban
Summary
Brazilian opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro said a Supreme Court justice ordered him to surrender his passports and barred him from leaving the country. After losing the presidential election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro rejected the result and said he would organize the opposition and seek to annul the vote.Key Facts
- Flavio Bolsonaro received 48.2% of the vote, while incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received 51.8%.
- Bolsonaro said the court order required him to hand over his passports and prohibited him from leaving Brazil.
- Bolsonaro called the order an attempt to intimidate him.
- Bolsonaro is under investigation over alleged corruption and money laundering connected to financing a biopic about his father; he denies wrongdoing.
- Bolsonaro said he would challenge the election result, claiming that extended voting hours favored Lula.
- Bolsonaro said he would organize the opposition to Lula's government.
- Bolsonaro is the son of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, who is jailed.
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