” The guarantee of free election requires the physical integrity of candidates to be protected.Without it, the entire electoral process, and hence the democratic regime, will be flawed.” The warning comes from none other than the Federal Police team responsible for the country’s security. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvacandidate with highest voting intent ahead of the Brazilian presidential election on October 2. The document, quoted by the São Paulo newspaper Folha, does nothing but confirm the state of the country. the hidden danger of this campaign because of questioning the transparency of the competition Jair Bolsonaro repeat by constantly adding threat of military intervention. The words of the retired captain have a powerful effect on the most radical segments of his social base. The influential Ivan Rejane was arrested for urging his followers to lynch members of the Supreme Court (STF). In this context, it is known that the police officers in charge of looking after Lula accepted the existence of “difficulties” in fulfilling the task assigned to him. One of them “access to more deadly weaponsBrazilians have access to “legal changes made in 2019” by the far-right government.
Weeks ago, he was a mayor of the Workers’ Party (PT) in Foz de Iguazú. shot and killed by a police officer sympathetic to Bolsonaro on his birthday. The possibility of a repeat of such a deadly event is not so remote now. This was understood by the STF and the Supreme Electoral Court (STE), which decided to jointly monitor the activities of extremist groups they believed were trying to fraudulently prevent the re-election of the current president. Under the reservations of two of the STF’s judges, CNN Brazil, radical Bolsonarism dreams of having its own Capitol, as do Donald Trump supporters who tried to stop Joe Biden from being certified as a presidential candidate in January 2021.
A letter of defense of democracy
Bolsonaro does not trust the electronic ballot boxes that allowed him to win the 2018 elections. his lies are a holy word. “I am absolutely confident that democracy is not bent or broken by fake news,” said Edson Fachin, TSE’s chief official, in his farewell speech. Fears that the institutions are not strong enough to tolerate the attacks of the far-right were articulated in the ‘Letter to the Brazilians to Defend the Democratic Rule of Law’ signed by nearly 800,000 people. The letter, which has the support of Lula, 467 Catholic priests and 871 evangelical priests, will be read in the São Paulo region on Thursday as part of a major action.
Vote no matter what
Bolsonaro, whom he called “the people’s captain” of the propaganda campaigns, was enraged by the initiative, which he contemptuously called the “little letter”. Allegiances to the manifesto do not scare him. There are no polls. Last three surveys Lula is an eight to seven point advantage in the first round. Faced with a possible second round, PT would have been up to 16 points ahead of their opponent on the last Sunday in October. But the retired captain’s strategists are sure of this: Election war will be much closer than anticipated. One of the reasons for this optimism is that the Brasil Auxilio state program, which allocates 114 euros to millions of socially vulnerable populations, has begun to administer. 33 million men, women and children go hungry. You have to go back to the early 1990s to find similar numbers. According to the weekly Piauí, Bolsonaro Injecting money among the poorest would allow it to “reduce their rejection and increase their intention to vote.”.
That’s not the only measure he’s taken to catch Lula in the polls. Brazil in July 0.68% deflation due to falling prices fuels and in electrical energy. Istoé magazine drew attention to “Artificial deflation: How to break a country to get reelected”. In order to achieve this decrease, also known as negative inflation, the Government abolished some of the taxes levied by the states on fuel oil.
Although the accumulated cost of living is 10.7% in 2022, Bolsonarism is betting that the decline in prices will continue and will contribute to improving the president’s chances of being elected. The government will announce at the end of the month assistance to truck drivers and taxi drivers, and subsidies for gas prices. New proposals are awaited before voting. A Bolsonaro hand opens to catch the indecisive or those who turn their backs on him. The other holds the verbal stick that ignites the ultras.