President Jair Bolsonaro has resumed his attacks on the Brazilian electoral system, calling it completely vulnerable before 40 foreign diplomats gathered at the presidential residence, the Alvorada Palace.
Brasilia, July 20 (RHC)-- President Jair Bolsonaro has resumed his attacks on the Brazilian electoral system, calling it completely vulnerable before 40 foreign diplomats gathered at the presidential residence, the Alvorada Palace.
With the justification of correcting failures, the Brazilian president expressed that his questions are aimed at "solving the problem" in time "with the participation of the Armed Forces." The president alluded to the investigation opened by the Federal Police (PF) in 2018 to detect attacks on the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) systems and expressed that a hacker had access to the entire system during the elections that he himself won.
Bolsonaro summoned ambassadors to Brazil and repeated his criticism of the electronic voting system, also attacked the Superior Electoral Court for not accepting "suggestions" from the FFAA consisting of an own audit of the process and even a parallel printed vote.
Jair Bolsonaro attacked ISE and Supreme Federal Court (STF) ministers such as Edson Fachin and Luís Roberto Barroso, respectively, alleging that they are planning a coup to position Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Edson Fachin responded that it is "unacceptable the electoral denialism of an important public personality within a democratic country. It is very serious the accusation of fraud, of bad faith with an institution once again without presenting evidence".
A 2nd irony: Bolsonaro assures that it is not necessary for international observers invited by the Superior Electoral Court to come to Brazil given that he is already denouncing alleged irregularities electoral system.
In response to Bolsonaro's accusations, the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, reaffirmed that "the security of the electronic ballot boxes" and "the integrity of the electoral process can no longer be questioned."
The president's continuous attacks on the elections to be held in October this year point to the fact that he will probably refuse to accept defeat and try by other means to stay in power.
The statement in question is an attempt by the current president to sabotage the upcoming elections which, according to preliminary counts, have Lula as the favorite.
