Brazilian Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco on Friday vehemently rejected any hypothesis that the 2022 presidential election could not happen, insisting that the structure can be upheld and the needs and expectations of the Brazilian individuals can be met.
Speaking to reporters within the Senate, Pacheco was responding to feedback made by President Jair Bolsonaro earlier within the week that he could not settle for the results of the election except the voting system is modified. Bolsonaro even instructed the vote won’t be held in any respect as he accused the system of being fraudulent.
“The elections will take place as this is a constitutional imperative,” Pacheco mentioned. “We cannot deprive the Brazilian people of their most sacred and sovereign right, which is the right to choose their representatives. It’s that simple.”
President Jair Bolsonaro claims the voting system, which makes use of computer systems to report votes, is inclined to voter fraud, and is insisting that solely printed ballots be used.
On Thursday, he instructed supporters in Brasilia that if the election isn’t “clean” it is not going to go forward. “That is my last word on the matter. There will be printed ballots, because if there are no printed ballots, this is a sign that there will be no election. The message is clear.”
Pacheco on Friday rejected any suggestion there was voter fraud in earlier elections or that the present system is susceptible to fraud. The Supreme Electoral Court on Friday issued a press release calling Bolsonaro’s feedback “lamentable” and stating that any motion to forestall the election violates the structure and is a “dereliction of duty.”
It additionally mentioned that since digital voting machines have been first utilized in 1996, “not a single case of fraud has been recorded.
“Polls this week put Bolsonaro’s disapproval score at an all-time excessive, and voter intentions present him falling additional behind former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is anticipated to problem him.
