In an interview with presenter Sikêra Jr., the president also questioned the capacity of electronic voting machines
The president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) once again criticized the ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) and questioned the ability of electronic voting machines to provide elections without fraud. “[O Supremo] interferes too much and greatly hinders the destiny of our nation”said the Chief Executive to presenter Sikêra Jr., from TV network!.
In the program – which aired on the night of this Thursday (22.Sep.2022)–, Bolsonaro declared that he did not have a relationship with the Court. He also said that most ministers are “radically” against the actions of your government.
The president also mentioned again the meeting of the former president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), minister Edson Fachin, with ambassadors. On the occasion, the magistrate said that the international community must be “alert” against “frivolous accusations” about the Brazilian voting system.
Bolsonaro highlighted that it was not up to Fachin to meet with diplomats: “It’s not his policy, it’s mine”.
In yet another reference to Fachin, Bolsonaro recalled that the minister was responsible for determining the annulment of all decisions made by the 13th Court of Curitiba in criminal proceedings against the former president. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (EN).
“The same people and the same judges who got Lula out of jail and made him eligible are those who are at the forefront of the electoral process in Brasília. Is it a concern? Yeah, they should be suspicious.”he said.
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The president also spoke about the presence of the Armed Forces in this year’s electoral process. The Ministry of Defense will support the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) in holding elections in 11 states. Assistance from the Armed Forces in security and logistics is provided for by law. This year, the military will operate in 568 locations on October 2.
Technicians from the Armed Forces went to the Court in August to inspect the source code of the electronic voting machines. During the interview, Bolsonaro said that, with the presence of the military in the electoral process, the chance of “Detour” decreases, but not zero. According to the president, the chance of fraud in electronic voting machines would only zero with the “printed vote”.
The proposal of the printed vote has already been strongly defended by Bolsonaro. The PL (Liberal Party) candidate previously said that “is better“call the measure”democratic vote”. In a conversation with supporters, the president even stated that the proposal would guarantee “democratic elections”.
Firearms
Bolsonaro also spoke about Minister Fachin’s decision to suspend the effectiveness of the ordinance and excerpts from the president’s decrees that facilitate access to weapons and ammunition in Brazil.
Decisions suspend effectiveness:
- gives concierge that the number of ammunition that can be purchased monthly has increased;
- of excerpt from decree authorizing CACs (hunter, shooter and collector) to purchase and carry restricted-use weapons;
- of excerpt from decree which established a declaration of effective need for the purchase of a permitted use weapon.
The Supreme Court confirmed on Wednesday (21.Sep.2022) the restrictions, with 9 ministers voting in favor of the suspension, while Bolsonaro’s nominees for the Court, Nunes Marques and André Mendonça, disagreed.
In the program, the Chief Executive stated that the STF interferes even in matters that it has no “nothing to see” with the ministers, citing the arms decree. “This is private”he added.
At the end of the interview, the president said that after this year’s elections he should resolve the issue. “I’m sure we talk to the Supreme, talk to the ministers there and we solve this problem there”declared.
Read below other topics cited by Bolsonaro and what the president said:
- Covid CPI: “A joke, there were 7 clowns there who didn’t find anything, because there’s nothing to find out”;
- Brazil Aid: “Well, I created [um auxílio] of at least R$ 600, how will I end up? It is created, this is a pacified point and we are going ahead with this issue”;
- Vaccine against covid: “We gave everyone the vaccine. It didn’t have anything to sell in 2020. People say ‘Why didn’t you buy it in 2020?’, because there wasn’t any”;
- Inflation: “We are already in the 3rd month with deflation, negative inflation, this is very good because food prices are also falling in general”.
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