Brazilians will go to the polls that day to elect the President of the Republic, state governors, senators and deputies at the federal, state and district levels.
Previously, other international missions were involved as observers in the Brazilian election process.
In 2020, for example, the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States accompanied the local elections.
The executive of the President of the TSE, Edson Fachin, considers it important to involve the foreign community in the next vote.
According to the website, without evidence, Brazil’s electoral system has been under constant attack from President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies, who have accused fraud and weaknesses in electronic ballot boxes.
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful peaceful assembly and association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, last week warned that political violence is destroying democracy in Brazil and called for measures to ensure a safe election environment.
“The biggest concern is that there will be violence during the election process,” Voule told reporters.
And he specified that it is also worrying that some political actors are not aware of the legitimacy of the election results.
He expressed his concern about the restrictions on Brazilians’ right to full and active participation in society and politics.
The portal claims that with the participation of other countries, the security of the electoral system should also be guaranteed from the outside.
In addition to the EU, the TSE also invited missions from the Southern Common Market Parliament, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the Carter Center.
G1 notes that European Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell thanked the TSE for the invitation.
But Borrell specified that he would have to consult the 27 member states of the bloc and the European Parliament. The terms of a possible mission are negotiated.
To date, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a Labor Party candidate, is leading all opinion polls ahead of the election in which Bolsonaro is hoping for re-election.
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