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Bolsonaro is a dangerous far-right buffoon who is accelerating logging in the amazon basin. If you want to talk about politics then why was his direct opponent

Bolsonaro is a dangerous far-right buffoon who is accelerating logging in the amazon basin. If you want to talk about politics then why was his direct opponent put in jail during the election? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-names-judge-who-jailed-his-rival-as-justice-minister-idUSKCN1N65CE https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-b... He is basically the encyclopaedia image of corruption.

meerita 7y ago
His direct oponent was guilty of several corruption cases. It went on an extensive judiciary process i believe you have followed or you understand. It wasnt jailed summarily. The supreme court even denied by votation so, it is not something we can relate to the amazonian fire season.
- guilhas 7y ago
  His opponent was jailed with zero proof, in a sham that clear at the time for anyone that understands the justice process. But recently it was clear for everyone with the judge Moro leaked WhatsApp messages. https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/national-politics/new-lava-jato-leak-while-mocking-lula-moro-was-instructing-the-prosecution/ https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/national...
  - andrenth 7y ago
    Here, take your mortadela sandwich.
    - guilhas 7y ago
      Ok right wing evangelist with 0 arguments.
      - andrenth 7y ago
        There are multiple pieces of evidence of corruption practiced by Lula. That includes documents (found at Lula’s apartment!), witnesses and circumstantial evidence. Lula declared having payed R$ 47k for his two-story apartment (in income tax forms!), while a neighbor payed over R$ 900k. Lula’s three-story apartment is the only in the building to include a private elevator, a request he made himself to the construction company (OAS) owner, who is also in jail. The apartment’s kitchen had enhancements made, payed by OAS by Lula’s request. There were messages found on OAS’ owner’s and employees’ phones that mention the apartment and other property as belonging to Lula and his wife. Yet despite all this Lula shamelessly claims he wasn’t related at all to the apartment, that it wasn’t his. The defense claims he isn’t the owner because there are no documents putting his name on it. Now this is laughable because, because the conviction is for concealment of property. By the very nature of the crime, evidence has to be mostly circumstantial. People are free to believe whatever their ideological preferences make them feel good. However, claiming this conviction, confirmed by multiple instances of Brazilian justice, unanimously, by a dozen judges, happened with “zero proof” is misleading (to say the least).
    - dang 7y ago
      This comment breaks the site guidelines. Can you please review them and use HN as intended? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: we've had to ask you multiple times not to do political flamewar on HN. Please don't use this site for political battle, even if other commenters are wrong or annoying. It destroys the intellectual curiosity that HN exists for.

meerita 7y ago

His direct oponent was guilty of several corruption cases. It went on an extensive judiciary process i believe you have followed or you understand. It wasnt jailed summarily. The supreme court even denied by votation so, it is not something we can relate to the amazonian fire season.

guilhas 7y ago
His opponent was jailed with zero proof, in a sham that clear at the time for anyone that understands the justice process. But recently it was clear for everyone with the judge Moro leaked WhatsApp messages. https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/national-politics/new-lava-jato-leak-while-mocking-lula-moro-was-instructing-the-prosecution/ https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/national...
- andrenth 7y ago
  Here, take your mortadela sandwich.
  - guilhas 7y ago
    Ok right wing evangelist with 0 arguments.
    - andrenth 7y ago
      There are multiple pieces of evidence of corruption practiced by Lula. That includes documents (found at Lula’s apartment!), witnesses and circumstantial evidence. Lula declared having payed R$ 47k for his two-story apartment (in income tax forms!), while a neighbor payed over R$ 900k. Lula’s three-story apartment is the only in the building to include a private elevator, a request he made himself to the construction company (OAS) owner, who is also in jail. The apartment’s kitchen had enhancements made, payed by OAS by Lula’s request. There were messages found on OAS’ owner’s and employees’ phones that mention the apartment and other property as belonging to Lula and his wife. Yet despite all this Lula shamelessly claims he wasn’t related at all to the apartment, that it wasn’t his. The defense claims he isn’t the owner because there are no documents putting his name on it. Now this is laughable because, because the conviction is for concealment of property. By the very nature of the crime, evidence has to be mostly circumstantial. People are free to believe whatever their ideological preferences make them feel good. However, claiming this conviction, confirmed by multiple instances of Brazilian justice, unanimously, by a dozen judges, happened with “zero proof” is misleading (to say the least).
  - dang 7y ago
    This comment breaks the site guidelines. Can you please review them and use HN as intended? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: we've had to ask you multiple times not to do political flamewar on HN. Please don't use this site for political battle, even if other commenters are wrong or annoying. It destroys the intellectual curiosity that HN exists for.