Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro barred from leaving country after losing runoff to Lula
Photo: The GuardianBrazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes banned Senator Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving Brazil and ordered him to surrender his passports on Monday, hours after he lost Sunday's presidential runoff to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Brazil's Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) reported Lula won a fourth term with 51.79 percent to Bolsonaro's 48.21 percent. On Sunday night Bolsonaro said it was "impossible" to recognize the result and that his campaign would seek annulment, arguing the rules were changed during the election. He pointed to a ruling by Justice Cristiano Zanin extending voting by two hours, so some stations closed at 7 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. The passport ruling refers to a federal police money-laundering investigation. It also bars contact with Willer Tomaz, a lawyer linked to betting companies police suspect laundered about £680m. Bolsonaro said the decision was based on an interview his brother Eduardo gave Friday urging him to leave Brazil if he lost. On Monday night his party acknowledged the result but called for the questions raised to be clarified through political debate.
Breitbart, on the right, leads with Bolsonaro's Sunday-night refusal to recognize the outcome and his annulment plan, calling him a conservative and Lula a socialist. It gives the vote margin and the Zanin voting-hours ruling, and its opening does not mention the passport order. The Guardian, on the left, leads with the passport ban, calls Bolsonaro "defeated" and far-right, and notes that Moraes oversaw his father Jair Bolsonaro's coup trial. It adds the money-laundering case, the Tomaz contact ban and the party's statement, and says Bolsonaro has not conceded. Both report that he has contested the result. They differ on emphasis: the right highlights electoral-procedure complaints, the left highlights legal action against him. Reuters, in a brief item, says Bolsonaro stated that federal police asked him to hand over his passports after visiting his imprisoned father.
How the sides differ Right sources stress Bolsonaro's refusal to accept the result and the voting-hours ruling; left sources stress the passport ban and money-laundering case; alternative source cites his account of a police request.
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The Guardian leads with the passport ban by Justice Moraes, tying it to a money-laundering probe and Bolsonaro's non-concession, and notes the party's statement acknowledging the result.
Reuters briefly reports Bolsonaro's own statement that federal police requested his passports after a visit to his imprisoned father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Breitbart leads with Bolsonaro calling it "impossible" to recognize Lula's win and planning an annulment request, citing the vote margin and Justice Zanin's extension of voting hours.