By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the objective of doing away with corruption in Brazil’s political system, the Ficha Limpa law (Clean Record Law) faces its toughest test in the upcoming October general elections. The law, passed in 2010, makes it ineligible for those who have been convicted of corruption, mismanagement of public funds or electoral violations (such as vote tampering and vote buying) to run for public office for at least eight years.
According to the latest data from the TSE (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral – Superior Electoral Court) more than 25,000 candidates will run . . .
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