Nunes Marques Delays Bolsonaro Review to Avoid Runoff Impact

Nunes Marques Delays Bolsonaro Review to Avoid Runoff Impact
Supreme Court Justice Kassio Nunes Marques has said he will postpone consideration of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s criminal-review request until after the second round of the presidential election, arguing that a ruling beforehand could affect the contest.

A right-leaning account frames the delay against speculation over whether the review could lead to Bolsonaro’s release. It says that possibility had entered the justice’s considerations before the first round, but stresses that no decision is imminent. According to the account, Nunes Marques has maintained that he will not examine the case before the election because it “could interfere in the electoral process.”

The same account underscores the institutional timetable: the case remains pending before the Prosecutor-General’s Office, and only after that opinion and the remaining procedural steps can it be released for decision. Nunes Marques intends to refer the matter to the Supreme Court’s full bench, which he considers the proper body to decide it.

A left-leaning report reaches the same conclusion on timing but puts greater weight on the substance of Bolsonaro’s latest filing. It says the defence submitted a new review request alleging newly available evidence, citing statements made at a Supreme Court session about limits on judges opening investigations on their own initiative and the need for adequate time to examine raw evidence.

That account also notes that postponement until after the runoff does not mean an immediate hearing afterward. Any in-person full-court session would depend on the court president’s scheduling, while prosecutors’ pending opinion remains a prerequisite.

Thus, both accounts portray the delay as an effort to keep the court from shaping the electoral environment, while differing over whether the central significance lies in Bolsonaro’s immediate legal situation or the arguments his lawyers are advancing.

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