Far-Right senator Flavio Bolsonaro claims he was ‘banned from leaving’ Brazil and ordered to hand over his passports just hours after losing the presidential election to Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro said that police had stopped him in the street moments after he had visited his imprisoned father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The senator, who was defeated on Sunday by Lula in a runoff vote, said he intended to comply with the request, and denied he planned to flee the country after the election.
Bolsonaro also claimed that the request was based on a ruling from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de
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