RIO DE JANEIRO, March 31 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told Reuters on Monday that a court ruling that banned French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years was “left-wing judicial activism” of the kind he has faced in Brazil.
In 2023, Bolsonaro was barred from public office until 2030 for abuse of power ahead of the 2022 elections, when he summoned ambassadors to attack the legitimacy of Brazil’s voting system.
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