“Anyone who is interested in democracy does not incite disobedience regarding the outcome of the election.”
Brasilia, April 30 (RHC) The President of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil, Edson Fachin (pictured), admitted to having accepted military cooperation but never an intervention in the October elections, alluding to the words of the first President Jair Bolsonaro.
“Anyone who is interested in democracy does not incite disobedience to the election results,” Fachin said at an event at the regional electoral court of the southern state of Paraná.
One such speech emerged days after Bolsonaro attacked the upcoming vote in response to a question about who would be interested in pushing the campaign forward.
Without citing the head of state, Fachin also mentioned a speech by the president last Wednesday, when he revealed to the TSE a request from the armed forces to conduct a parallel vote count by the military after the consultation.
On this subject, the head of the TSE specified that the electoral judiciary maintains a link with the uniformed officers and that the institution is open to cooperation but “never to intervention”.
He recalled that a member of the armed forces already serves as a military representative on the Voting Transparency Commission and that the dialogue has been “fruitful and productive” so far.
Also without referring to Bolsonaro, he responded to a statement by the former army captain, who indicated that the votes in the elections would be counted in a “secret room” of the TSE.
“No room is needed for the counting (of the votes). Now the space is very clear because it is accessible to everyone on the internet,” he argued.
At the Paraná event, Fachin also emphasized the smooth running of the electoral process, guaranteed the effectiveness of electronic ballot boxes and demanded that the history of nearly a century of electoral justice be respected.
“The 2022 elections will take place in October, which is a rocky clause that the electoral justice system will adhere to,” he stressed.
Brazil has faced weeks of crisis between powers after Judge Luis Ricardo Barroso, a member of the TSE, commented that the armed forces were being ordered to question the election result, with the clear implication that Bolsonaro would lose the election.
Earlier this month, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful peaceful assembly and association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, warned that political violence is destroying democracy in Brazil and called for measures to be adopted to ensure a safe election environment. .
He asks to be aware of the possibility that some political actors are unaware of the legitimacy of their results.
So far, ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has led all opinion polls ahead of the elections in which Bolsonaro wants to be re-elected. (Source:PL)