In participation by videoconference in a conservative event this Sunday (12), President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) said that the Electoral Transparency Commission (CTE), led by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), did not accept a proposal that would have been made by the Brazilian forces. Armed Forces, to enable a mechanism for the simultaneous counting of votes.
“The TSE itself invited the Armed Forces [a colaborar nas eleições]. We present suggestions. We present it and at the moment they say that they totally or partially accepted the suggestions. But there’s a very important one that tomorrow I’ll look into it better. They did not accept, or partially accepted, the most important one, which is the simultaneous counting of votes,” Bolsonaro said at CPAC (Conference on Conservative Political Action, in Portuguese).
Last Saturday (11), Minister Edson Fachin, president of the TSE, released a document presenting all 44 proposals received by the commission, 32 of which were fully or partially approved, one rejected and another 11 that will be analyzed in the next electoral cycle. The proposal cited by Bolsonaro, however, is not among those listed by the court. Click here to see all the suggestions presented.
According to the TSE president’s office, ten of the 32 approved proposals were authored by the Armed Forces, that is, almost a third of the total.
The day before the commission released the list of suggestions received and accepted, the Minister of Defense, General Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, sent a document to Fachin demanding that the TSE accept the Armed Forces’ proposals.
Nogueira also said that “transparent elections are matters of national sovereignty” and that “we are not interested in concluding the election under the shadow of distrust”.
“All of us are not interested in concluding the election under the shadow of voter distrust. Transparent elections are matters of national sovereignty and respect for voters,” added the minister.
about the event
The CPAC was held this weekend at the convention center in Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo.
In addition to Bolsonaro, whose participation was not planned, the event brought together other names linked to the Brazilian right, such as the former Secretary of Culture Mário Frias, the former Minister of the Environment Ricardo Salles, the former Minister of Infrastructure and pre-candidate. the government of São Paulo, Tarcísio Freitas (Republicans), and federal deputies Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) and Filipe Barros (PL-PR).
Debate
THE CNN will hold the first presidential debate of 2022. The confrontation between the candidates will be broadcast live on August 6, on TV and on our digital platforms
Source: CNN Brasil
