BRASILIA (Reuters) -A five-member panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court formed a majority on Friday to reject former President Jair Bolsonaro’s appeal challenging his 27-years prison sentence for plotting a coup to remain in power after the 2022 presidential election.
Justices Flavio Dino, Alexandre de Moraes and Cristiano Zanin voted to reject the appeal filed by Bolsonaro’s legal team. The remaining members of the panel have until November 14 to cast their votes in the Supreme Court’s system.
The former president will only begin serving his sentence once all appeals are exhausted.
Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August for violating precautionary measures in a separate case. His lawyers are expected to request that he be allowed to serve his sentence under similar conditions due to health concerns.
(Reporting by Ricardo Brito; Writing by Isabel Teles; Editing by Natalia Siniawski)
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