Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro voted this Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, where he made his political career and assured that he is confident of being re-elected in this first round and announced that he will recognize the result “if the elections are clean”.
Thus, he again left open the doubts that there will be that recognition without indicating a What do you mean by cleaning? The president argued that elections should be regulated by the Armed Forces and with paper and non-electronic voting to be considered clean.
Neither one thing nor the other was accepted by the judicial authorities. And also the FF.AA. They made it clear in the last few hours they will recognize who electoral justice defines today as the winner of the elections. Likewise, the White House released an official statement.
The president and candidate of the Liberal Party said “I am calm, in the first round (…) confident”. He has already said he is convinced to win with 60% of the votes and to avoid the runoff on October 30 despite the previous failure of the polls that do not show that scenario.
According to polls, his challenger, former Social Democrat President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is the favorite to win the election, although it is unclear whether or not there will be a second round.
The PT leader replied after voting in Sao Paulo, respecting the doubts expressed by the president that “The most fanatical Bolsonarians will have to adapt to the majority of society, who does not want to respect the law is their problem ”.
Lula added, in a virtual campaign, that this vote is about “re-establishing democracy, where the majority of society he wants peace, he does not want the sale of armshe wants the distribution of books, people want to work. “
“Clean elections must be respected,” the president insisted when a reporter asked him clearly if he would recognize the result. Bolsonaro has insisted on the alleged risks of fraud with electronic ballot boxes, which has encouraged his staunchest supporters to demand that the results not be accepted if the president does not impose himself.
At the same time he also campaigned claiming that “Brazil is an example in the world in the economic question we deal with the humblest, unemployment is falling, “he said shortly after 9 am, after voting in a school in Villa Militar, west of Rio de Janeiro, he later said. president returns to Brasilia from where he will accompany the counting of votes.
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Source: Clarin
