Make no mistake: there is a coup in progress in Brazil. The situation is extremely worrisome. Bolsonaro made a military parade recently, and called for protests on September 7th, Brazil's...
Make no mistake: there is a coup in progress in Brazil. The situation is extremely worrisome. Bolsonaro made a military parade recently, and called for protests on September 7th, Brazil's independence day.
How dare you show how my false narrative about how easy election fraud is.
How dare you show how my false narrative about how easy election fraud is.
BRASILIA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro raised the stakes in his battle with the country's Supreme Court on Friday, sending the Senate a request for the impeachment of one of its justices, according to the request seen by Reuters.
Bolsonaro is seeking to impeach Justice Alexandre de Moraes after he opened an investigation into the president for allegedly leaking to the media a secret federal police report of a hacking that backed up his views that Brazil's electronic voting system was vulnerable to fraud.
Moraes has also begun investigating Bolsonaro for his attacks on the Supreme Electoral Court, which has maintained that the electronic system is safe and can be audited.
The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, told reporters he will look at the request, but said he does not see political or technical grounds to impeach Moraes.
The Supreme Court rejected Bolsonaro's request in a statement that it "does not tolerate a magistrate being accused for his decisions" that must be questioned through the proper appeals process.
Bolsonaro's critics say he is sowing doubts about the voting system so he can question next year's election results if he loses. Polls show former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead, though neither have announced they will run.
The president's request to the Senate, which is the only body that can try a top court judge, said some justices were committing abuses and breaking the law by launching investigations without the involvement of state prosecutors.
The Senate is not expected to take up the impeachment request, just as the lower chamber has not advanced any of the dozens of requests to impeach Bolsonaro.
But his case against Moraes will deepen the crisis between the president and the Supreme Court, which Bolsonaro supporters want to see closed down.
I understand that electronic voting is considered unsafe and I don't dispute that. However, after 25 years using it for all elections in Brazil we're yet to face major fraud and scandal. And we...
I understand that electronic voting is considered unsafe and I don't dispute that. However, after 25 years using it for all elections in Brazil we're yet to face major fraud and scandal. And we have lots of those!
Bolsonaro just wanna guarantee his reelection, much like Trump tried last year.
Make no mistake: there is a coup in progress in Brazil. The situation is extremely worrisome. Bolsonaro made a military parade recently, and called for protests on September 7th, Brazil's independence day.
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How dare you show how my false narrative about how easy election fraud is.
I understand that electronic voting is considered unsafe and I don't dispute that. However, after 25 years using it for all elections in Brazil we're yet to face major fraud and scandal. And we have lots of those!
Bolsonaro just wanna guarantee his reelection, much like Trump tried last year.
I don't pretend to understand the enigma that is brazil. But can I just say. Best of luck. The world needs it's amazon lungs.
We spent 21 years under a military dictatorship that ended 36 years ago. We're a young democracy. Some people never warmed up to it.