Brazilian media published excerpts of the document, saying it was written by a senior member of Mr Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party.
An investigation into a document allegedly coming from his party Zach Bolsonaro and contains falsehoods about alleged security gaps in the electronic voting system started Brazil’s electoral authorities. The electronic voting system has been used in the country for decades.
Brazilian media published excerpts of the document, saying it was written by a senior member of Mr Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party. But the party refused to confirm or refute the authenticity of the text, arguing that “the case is in the hands of justice”.
Based on the excerpts, the document, billed as an “audit finding,” denounces various security gaps in the voting system, something Mr. Bolsonaro and his allies have repeatedly advocated, warning for months against alleged plans to commit fraud against him. extreme right-wing head of state, without presenting the slightest proof.
The security gaps, according to the document cited by O Globo newspaper, they may allow “internal or external intrusion into electoral systems, which would have a major impact on the results.”
The Supreme Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE), responsible for overseeing the process, ruled yesterday that this document is “a clear attempt to create complications and disrupt” Sunday’s elections.
The document’s conclusions are “false and false, without any basis in reality,” constitute “fake news” with the aim of “damaging the democratic rule of law and the judiciary,” the TSE added.
The Supreme Electoral Court announced that it had begun to conduct an “investigation into the criminal responsibilities” of the authors of this text, as well as an “administrative procedure” and a “verification procedure” of any “liabilities of the Liberal Party and its leaders”.
The first round of the presidential election is underway on Sunday October 2nd in Brazil, where polls have center-left former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva widening his lead over Jair Bolsonaro.
The latter has repeatedly vehemently attacked Brazilian institutions, especially the federal Supreme Court, of which the TSE is a part, while questioning the reliability of the electronic voting system, which raises concerns that he will challenge the result if he loses, imitating the US former president Donald Trump.
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