Brasilia. EFE
More than 3,100 lawyers, bankers, businessmen, artists and intellectuals have adhered to a manifesto in defense of democracy and for respect for the results of the polls, which is questioned by the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who aspires to be re-elected this year.
The text, promoted by the Faculty of Law of the University of Sao Paulo, the most prestigious in Brazil, was published this Tuesday, amid growing political tension in Brazil with just over 2 months until the October 2 presidential elections.
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The manifesto warns that the country, “in place of a civic party”, faces “a moment of immense danger to democratic normality, risk to the institutions of the Republic and insinuations of contempt for the presidential election results.
Without directly quoting Bolsonaro, the document makes a veiled reference to the leader of Brazil’s far-right, who has repeatedly questioned the reliability of electronic ballot boxes, despite the fact that no fraud has been reported since their implementation. place nearly two decades ago. .
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Bolsonaro, who, according to the polls, would lose to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, recently brought together ambassadors from around 40 countries to present to them the supposed “failures” of the Brazilian electoral system.
“Unfounded and unproven attacks call into question the smooth running of the electoral process and the democratic rule of law so hard won by Brazilian society,” he underlines.
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