Sunday’s tension-filled presidential election between the re-election of right-wing President Jayer Bolsonaro and the reinstatement of former left-wing President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva was reported by media outlets.
After a presidency tainted by the Koruna’s pandem mechanism, Brazilian President Bolsonaro promised to strengthen a radical shift in Brazilian policy in the conservative direction.
Electronic voting machines are used by almost 120 million voters, and Bolsonaro has denounced them without providing any evidence that they might be manipulated, raising concerns that he might not accept loss like his ideological buddy, former US President Donald Trump.
Since the nation’s restoration to democracy in 1985 following a military dictatorship to which Lula Da Silva, a former union leader, was opposed, there has been tension around the elections; in contrast, former army head Bolsonaro talks of his nostalgia for the past.
The Supreme Electoral Court, presided over by Supreme Court judges, has created a security plan to safeguard its personnel and facilities in the event of protests like the one that resulted in the attack on the US Congress building in January 2021.
Brazilian citizens cast ballots in the tumultuous presidential election round.
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