President of the TSE says that “the rules of the electoral game are known to all and must be respected”
Minister Edson Fachin, president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), said this Friday (July 1, 2022) that the audit of the elections serves to examine the procedures and instruments of the election, and not to reject the results of the polls.
“It is about auditing means, instruments and procedures, and not a vehicle of open proposition aimed a priori at rejecting the results of the polls that perhaps portray that the will of the Brazilian people is opposed to the personal interests of one or another candidate”he said.
The statement was made at the closing session of the judicial semester. According to Fachin, the audit is not an activity that is only valid if there is a result that “confirm the isolated will of one or another political actor”.
Fachin and the TSE have made statements about the election audits. In early May, the Court again said that political parties can audit elections. The statement was released after President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) say that your party will hire a company to do the service.
The President of the Court also stated that the “rules of the electoral game are known to everyone and must be respected”.
“2022 there will be free, safe and auditable elections that will express the will of the Brazilian electorate, and that means respecting the legitimacy of the will of the true and only holder of power in the Federative Republic of Brazil, which is the Brazilian people”, said Fachin.
In his speech, the president of the TSE cited the number of cases analyzed and judged. In the semester were:
- 5,116 processes filed;
- 778 judgments handed down;
- 2,208 monocratic decisions;
- 1,244 dispatches;
- 73 resolutions.
“The numerical results, although auspicious, are insufficient to demonstrate the maximum attention given by this court in the preparation of the upcoming elections”, declared.
Fachin also highlighted the activities of the Electoral Transparency Commission and the Electoral Transparency Observatory, in favor of “maintenance of institutional dialogue with all the Powers of the Republic”.
“That is why this Superior Electoral Court has been dedicated, day and night, to demonstrating transparency in all stages of its performance, especially in the role of administrator of the elections”said. “And also to demonstrate the reliability of all instruments for carrying out the electoral contest, reinforcing a truth established for more than two and a half decades, electronic voting machines are safe, they are reliable.”
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