The presumptive ruling by a majority of a panel of five justices in Brazil‘s Supreme Court makes Bolsonaro the first former president in the country’s history to be convicted for attacking democracy.

The improvement coincides with two key factors: Lula's high-profile sovereignty campaign against U.S. tariffs, and the legal challenges facing his main rival, former President Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro was convicted on Thursday for coup plotting and remains ineligible to run for office.

Brazil’s Supreme Court convened Thursday for the penultimate day of Jair Bolsonaro’s trial on coup-plot charges, with the panel one vote short of the majority needed to convict the former president.