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It is not the role of a Member of Parliament to lobby abroad against his own country

Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, to four years in prison for lobbying the U.S. to impose sanctions against Brazil during his father's trial. The court ruled in favor of prosecutors who accused him of threatening judicial authorities and representatives of other branches of government if they did not end his father's legal proceedings favorably. Judge Alexandre de Moraes stated that it is not the role of a Brazilian federal congressman to lobby abroad against their own country. In addition to the prison sentence, Bolsonaro was also禁

Sin nekdanjega predsednika obsojen zaradi lobiranja za sankcije ZDA proti Braziliji

Mladina / STA 17. 6. 2026

Eduardo Bolsonaro je v odzivu na obsodbo v torek to označil za neutemeljeno in nesmiselno © Gage Skidmore / Flickr

Brazilsko vrhovno sodišče je v torek sina nekdanjega predsednika Jaira Bolsonara, Eduarda Bolsonara, v odsotnosti obsodilo na dobra štiri leta zapora, ker si je v času sojenja proti svojemu očetu prizadeval pri ZDA doseči uvedbo sankcij proti Braziliji.

Četverica vrhovnih sodnikov je odločila v prid tožilcev, ki so Bolsonaru očitali, da je grozil sodnim oblastem in predstavnikom drugih vej oblasti, češ da bo zagotovil uvedbo ameriških sankcij, če se proces proti njegovemu očetu ne konča zanj ugodno.

"Ni vloga brazilskega zveznega poslanca, da v tujini lobira proti svoji lastni državi," je odločitev med drugim pojasnil sodnik Alexandre de Moraes. Poleg zaporne kazni so mu sodniki izrekli tudi prepoved opravljanja javne funkcije za osem let, poroča francoska tiskovna agencija AFP.

Nekdanji poslanec sicer živi v ZDA. Tja se je preselil lani, še preden je bil njegov oče, ki je Brazilijo vodil med letoma 2019 in 2022, zaradi načrtovanja udara po volitvah, na katerih je izgubil, obsojen na 27 let zapora.

Eduardo Bolsonaro je v odzivu na obsodbo v torek to označil za neutemeljeno in nesmiselno. Prepričan je, da je bil namen sojenja zgolj preprečiti mu udeležbo na volitvah. Oktobra se je namreč nameraval na nadomestnih volitvah potegovati za sedež v senatu.

Ameriški predsednik Donald Trump je lani zaradi pregona nekdanjega brazilskega predsednika, ki ga je označil za lov na čarovnice, resda uvedel stroge carine proti Braziliji, a jih je nato po prvem uradnem srečanju s trenutnim predsednikom Luizom Inaciem Lula de Silvo umaknil.

Trumpova vlada je uvedla sankcije tudi proti vrhovnemu sodniku Moraesu, a je vmes te prav tako ukinila.

Trump je sicer maja v Beli hiši sprejel Eduardovega brata Flavia Bolsonara, ki bo oktobra kandidiral na predsedniških volitvah v državi. Ankete kažejo, da je trenutno v podpori dokaj izenačen z Lulo.

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It is not the role of a Member of Parliament to lobby abroad against his own country

Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, to four years in prison for lobbying the U.S. to impose sanctions against Brazil during his father's trial. The court ruled in favor of prosecutors who accused him of threatening judicial authorities and representatives of other branches of government if they did not end his father's legal proceedings favorably. Judge Alexandre de Moraes stated that it is not the role of a Brazilian federal congressman to lobby abroad against their own country. In addition to the prison sentence, Bolsonaro was also禁

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