At the meeting, the president raised doubts about the outcome of the elections; decision against Bolsonaro was unanimous
The TSE (Superior Electoral Court) condemned the president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) this Friday (Sep.
At the time, the president questioned the security of electronic voting machines. He also criticized Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), his opponent in the dispute for the Planalto.
The vote of Minister Maria Claudia Bucchianeri, rapporteur of the case, won. According to her, Bolsonaro’s statements had “uninformative” and consist of advance advertising. Here’s the intact of the vote (286 KB).
“The disclosure or sharing of facts that are known to be untrue or seriously decontextualized that affect the integrity of the electoral process are prohibited acts of electoral propaganda, which likewise cannot be practiced in the pre-campaign phase, regardless of whether or not there is a request to vote, under penalty of irregular advance advertisement setup”said the minister.
Bucchianeri also considered that there was manipulation of facts, which would compromise “the right of everyone to obtain minimally complete information”.
“The delegitimization of the system, based on the construction of false facts, forged to provide artificial stimuli to endorse personal opinions, is behavior that no longer falls within the legitimate right to opinion, doubt, criticism and expression, leading to disinformation manipulation”he said.
The Court analyzed lawsuits filed by the MPE (Public Electoral Ministry), in addition to cases from PC do B, PDT and PT.
At the meeting with the ambassadors, Bolsonaro criticized the electronic voting machines, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and the TSE. On August 10, YouTube took down videos of the event, arguing that the content violated the platform’s electoral integrity policy.
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