The former president () has reinforced some pressure fronts in the face of the progress of the coup plot-the first class of the (Supreme Court) will decide from Tuesday (25) to make it a defendant.
Currently, Bolsonaro is ineligible until 2030 due to two convictions in the (Superior Electoral Court) involving abuse of power by acts in 2022, when he was president. Added to this, it can increase ineligibility if you are convicted of leading an attempt to coup d’état and to be in court.
In the case of the coup plot, the former Mandanker is attempted to abolish the Democratic Rule of Law and coup d’état, damage qualified by violence and serious threat against the union’s assets, the deterioration of overturned heritage and participation in a criminal organization. If convicted of crimes, it can take more than 40 years in prison.
See some of the fronts in which Bolsonaro has been betting to try to compete in the 2026 elections:
Amnesty for January 8
After an act in Rio last Sunday (16), Bolsonaro promised, in an interview with West magazine on Tuesday (18), to continue with demonstrations in favor of amnesty those involved on January 8. The president denies that he is advocating for his own benefit, but projects already presented in Congress on the subject had breaches that could.
According to experts heard by Sheetthe proposals are too broad and would probably have the constitutionality contested with the Supreme Court.
The progress of the main project on the theme was in the CCJ (Constitution and Justice Commission), but was paralyzed after the then mayor (PP-AL) determined his debate on a special committee.
According to PL leader, (RJ), more than 260 parliamentarians support the project. He admitted, however, the possibility of slower procedure if the current president of the House, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), installing the special committee rather than allowing the proposal to go straight to the plenary.
International aid
The former president has also intensified the international pressure offensive and has been doing a series of public demonstrations asking for US interference on matters in Brazil.
“We have no way to seek peace, tranquility and democracy internally. It’s impossible. We need help from outside,” he said on the 18th.
On the same day, the third son of the former Mandanker, the federal deputy (PL-SP), said that because he considered himself a political persecuted.
This year, the deputy made one in the midst of an offensive against Alexandre de Moraes, to whom he has made increasingly front attacks. He is ahead of initiatives in the United States to get some type of sanction to the minister.
The has already been admitted by the former president himself, who now denies the possibility. For the opposition, Eduardo’s initiative in the US could be a preliminary to facilitate his father’s asylum request.
Clean sheet
The former president has also talked about. When it speaks, Bolsonaro uses as one of the main flags the fight against corruption, linking it to its largest opponent, the, and.
Nevertheless, he said in February that the Clean Record Law – Marco in the fight against corruption – serves to “pursue the right.” The politician also suggested decreasing the time of ineligibility determined by the norm.
“We are working for this limit from eight to two years of ineligibility. Then yes I could compete in the elections in 2026 and you will decide whether to vote for me or not,” he said at the time.
Currently in Congress are projects of bills whose objective is to change the norm. One of them, authored by Deputy Dani Cunha (União Brasil-RJ), proposes to reduce the current period of eight years of loss of political rights, which could interfere with Bolsonaro’s current ineligibility.
A change made in the text, however, benefits.
TSE Change
Bolsonaro also says he has changes in the composition of the Superior Electoral Court in 2026 to reverse his ineligibility, although this option is considered unfeasible by experts.
He has a more positive scenario for himself in court due to the absence of Moraes, seen by the politician as his greatest antagonist, and the presence of E, magistrates chosen by him.
In the 2026 elections, Kassio will be the president of the Court, and Mendonça, the deputy.
On the subject, Eduardo Bolsonaro has already stated that his father can try to present termination actions in the TSE to try to reverse the ineligibility in the court itself.
Electoral law experts Fernando Neisser and Alberto Rollo, however, are no longer possible to be any action in the TSE, regardless of the composition of the Court.
Nevertheless, the defense of the former president awaits funds from the Electoral Court’s decisions with the STF, an instance in which any other appeal would have to run, according to experts.
