Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro says court banned him from leaving country
The son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro denounced a clear attempt to intimidate him after losing the presidential election and refusing to concede defeat.
Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, claimed on Monday that a Supreme Court justice had ordered him to remain in Brazil, following his loss in the recent presidential election. The 45-year-old senator, who garnered 48.2% of the vote compared to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's 51.8%, posted a video on Instagram announcing the order to surrender his passports and forbidding him from leaving the country.
Flavio Bolsonaro alleged that the decision was a form of intimidation, stating that he had never made the claim that he would be forced to leave Brazil if he lost the election. He refuted the allegations of corruption and money laundering related to the financing of a biopic about his father, maintaining his innocence. The senator vowed to contest the election results, arguing that extending voting hours on Sunday benefited Lula. Despite this, Bolsonaro promised to lead the opposition against Lula's government.
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