‘Judicial activisim’: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro responds to Marine Le Pen case

"I hope and pray that Ms. Le Pen will overcome this persecution and will be a candidate in the next presidential election," says the far-right former president of Brazil.

‘Judicial activisim’: Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro responds to Marine Le Pen case

Jair Bolsonaro criticised the ruling saying ‘left-wing judicial activisim’ was spreading round the world

Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls ruling against France’s Le Pen ‘judicial activism’

Bolsonaro is to stand trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government after he lost the 2022 election.

After more than six decades, the Court is faced with new attempts at a coup; last week, the First Panel accused Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his main allies

From Brasilia, Lula was scathing about Bolsonaro: "It's obvious he tried to stage a coup. It's obvious he planned to assassinate me and my vice president, Geraldo Alckmin. And Judge Alexandre de Moraes. There's no point in continuing to brag." He said this 17,000 kilometers from Brasilia, during a tour of Asian countries that ended this Sunday. It was the first of many rhetorical skirmishes he will have with his anonymity. Source: Pagina12

The defendant chose to politicize the Supreme Court hearings from the zero minute, while his allies anticipated that they would push for an amnesty project. The court’s intention is to finalize the trial in 2025, a year before the elections.