A president’s former campaign lawyer has just intervened, this time as judge, in the rules governing that president’s reelection. The international community should understand the full history.
@Cristianozaninm defended Lula in his many criminal cases. But Justice Zanin also represented Lula’s 2022 presidential campaign, receiving R$1.2 million for legal services. Reporting from that election describes Zanin coordinating the litigation against @jairbolsonaro before Brazil’s electoral court, the TSE.
Lula subsequently appointed him to the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) as a reward for his service.
Today, acting on a complaint from Lula about voter transport in three Bahia municipalities, Zanin initially ordered a two-hour extension of voting nationwide.
The TSE later clarified that the extension applied only where voting had not already ended at 5 p.m.
That creates two separate questions.
First, impartiality. A former campaign lawyer exercising extraordinary authority over his former client’s reelection creates an obvious appearance of impartiality concern. Assignment by “lottery” does not answer whether he should participate.
Second, equal treatment is a major problem. Once some stations have closed, a nationwide extension cannot give every voter the same additional opportunity. Zanin must explain why this remedy was necessary, why its scope was nationwide and how its uneven implementation was justified.
The public deserves the full reasoning, the notification timeline and station level records showing where additional voting occurred.
Willer Tomaz fala sobre o suposto “usuário MASTER” de Flávio Bolsonaro em sua empresa e o bloqueio de R$ 6bi de suas contas na data de ontem.
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🔴willertomaz1: O Jornal Nacional chamou de "sala secreta".
É a sala-cofre da empresa de táxi aéreo que sou sócio, que atende transportadoras de valores, com contrato.
A PF entrou e encontrou: nada. Nenhum real.
O próprio relatório diz "compatível com a custódia de valores"
Mas a manchete saiu a quatro dias da eleição, com o nome do Flávio Bolsonaro no meio.
Isso não é investigação. É campanha.
Eu respondo com documento. Eles, com suposições, ilações e tentando manipular o eleitor.
Uma das maiores traições do Lula foi exatamente contra o Nordeste que ele, falsamente, diz amar.
Já tentam tirar o áudio deste vídeo em algumas plataformas. A verdade incomoda.