After last weekend’s tight elections in Brazil and with the campaign underway for the second round, the attorneys of the president and the candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, They filed a complaint with the court.
ask to open a series of investigations on the possible “crime” committed by the pollsters, whose errors in the numbers of last Sunday’s elections were “sensational”.
Presentations before Office of the Attorney General and the Superior Electoral Court are asking that pollsters be investigated whether they have committed “irregularities” or are directly responsible for “crimes” due to the numbers released in the polls on the Saturday before the vote, they denounced.
One of the agencies to be investigated is Datafolha, which predicted a 14-point victory for Lula da Silva: 50% against 36% for Bolsonaro. The final count of the ballot showed 48% for the former president and 43% for the current president, 5 points.
Delegates from the Bolsonaro campaign, from the Liberal Party, also made a presentation in front of the Ministry of Justice, headed by Anderson Torres.
The minister announced on Tuesday afternoon that he had asked the Federal Police to do so opening an investigation on “behaviors that can hypothetically qualify as crimes perpetrated by institutions” of public opinion.
Faced with the accusations of the ruling party, Datafolha assured “that no legal basis for the request for investigation: this is an attempted intimidation. Datafolha has a historical calling to reportage well and will continue to play that role, “they said in a statement.
Jair Bolsonaro attacked pollsters on Monday by publicly saying that “we beat the lie”.
The electoral competition for the choice of the new president in Brazil will be defined with a ballot that will take place on Sunday 30th of this month.
With information from Ana
Source: Clarin
