The ballot – The mission of the election observers of theOrganization of American States (OSA) will be to oversee the voting in the federal district of Brasilia. The working group’s agenda includes meetings with electoral authorities, government officials, political parties, civil society representatives and other stakeholders who can help oversee the entire electoral process. The leader of the operation, the former foreign minister of Paraguay, also arrived in the country Ruben Ramirez Lecano. At the end of the mission, the sixth that the OSA sends to the country, a preliminary report will be drawn up with indications and recommendations useful to help improve the elections. The Commission, made up of 56 observers and specialists from 17 nationalities, will be present in 15 other countries, including France, the United States and Portugal.
The duel between Lula and Bolsonaro – Even though lula got the 48.43% Consensus, the number of votes, larger than ever for a presidential candidate in the first round, was not enough to avoid the election, which the former president defined as simply “extending” ultimate victory. At the end of the ballot Bolsonarothe torn 43.2% Instead, consensus had argued that “he will work to change the people’s vote”. During a televised confrontation, the two presidential candidates exchanged heated words, Lula calling Bolsonaro the “King of Stupidity” It is a “little dictator” and harshly criticized the outgoing president for managing the pandemic: “You have discredited vaccines, you have mocked people who have died from lack of oxygen. No one in the world has taken the pandemic and death as lightly as you have.” And in return it said one thing “national disgrace” by Bolsonaro.
Tense climate – In this tense climate and in the politically sensitive time for Brazil, it fits the arrest out Roberto Jefferson, far-right politician and Bolsonaro ally. On Sunday, October 23, some federal police officers went to his home, where the man was under house arrest, to take him back to jail. Jefferson shot them with a rifle and then threw grenades at them, only after wounding two officers did he surrender. Jefferson was arrested in August 2021 for threatening judges in Brazil’s Supreme Court. Bolsonaro was quick to condemn his ally’s actions and tried to distance himself from them, arguing that there were no photos of them together. Shortly thereafter, however, his opponents posted several on social networks.
What is an international observatory – The job of an election observer is to monitor the elections and ensure that the electoral process runs smoothly. Among the duties he is called to include: verifying that the campaign was fair, that there was no discrimination in access to the polls, that there was no intimidation of voters, and that the voting and counting of votes was conducted without fraud be performed . In Europe there is a tacit understanding that election observation missions will always chair by the OSCE, along with other observers sent by the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO. To kick off Brazil’s presidential election, outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro did not invite European Union election observers, but a small delegation from the OAS, an international organization concerned with solving political problems and maintaining peace, democracy, and better social and economic conditions .