The president criticizes dozens of private radio stations refusing to broadcast his party’s propaganda in advertising spaces
Will Bolsonaro accept Sunday’s results? It is the great unknown of the second round of the presidential election in Brazil, after the current president’s attempts to sow the ground to expose election fraud if he loses in the polls. The leader of the far-right Liberal Party, Jair Bolsonaro, confirmed on Thursday that he will push “until the end” in his complaint about maneuvers damaging the results of his formation. In particular, those who he believes have run “countless radios” in the northeast of the country, a stronghold of his rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro denounced that dozens of private radio stations refused to broadcast his party’s free propaganda (some 154,085 advertisements) in the advertising spaces to which all candidates are equally entitled. But the shot failed. The president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alexandre de Moraes, not only dismissed the complaint for lack of evidence and because it was based on a study by a company “not specialized in audits”, but also asked to investigate Bolsonaro for alleged irregularities in his campaign.
Moraes assured that with this move the presidential candidate is committing an alleged fraud “without a credible documentary basis, and therefore lacks minimal indication of evidence.” The accused radio stations, for their part, stated that they had not received the propaganda material.
Consequently, Bolsonaro criticized the president of the TSE, claiming that he will appeal the decision because he has “irrefutable evidence of manipulation” and therefore the case is “not closed”. “We are victims again, we have verified interference against us: that is election manipulation,” the Liberal party leader insisted.
Lula da Silva, for his part, asked his rival not to create “fuss” if he is defeated on Sunday. “If he loses, he should sit still, wait and prepare for a new election, and not cause a stir in the country,” said the leader of the Workers’ Party, which is running as a favorite with 49% of the intent. to vote against 45% of Bolsonaro, according to the latest polls.
Source: La Verdad
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