The author claimed that a federal justice appointed by Lula had ordered voting in Brazil to continue for two hours beyond the official polling period, bypassing the country’s electoral authority. They said the same justice had now ordered defeated candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to surrender something, but the post did not specify what. https://t.co/q6TOamg2sI #Brasil #Eleições2023 #Política #BR
The author told Francisco they were not alleging massive fraud in the election, but said there had been irregularities because the unprecedented intervention had had unequal and unpredictable effects, as the president of the electoral authority had pointed out. They began to raise a conditional point about whom the irregularity might have favoured, but the post ended before identifying them.
The author argued that there appeared to be an inability or unwillingness to acknowledge what they described as serious irregularities and suspicious circumstances in Brazil’s presidential election. They said this did not necessarily mean Lula had not won, but that the election as a whole had been left under a cloud of suspicion. #EleiçõesBrasil #Lula #Irregularidades #BR
The author wrote that there appeared to be an inability or unwillingness to recognise that Brazil’s presidential election had been highly irregular and suspect. They added that this did not necessarily mean Lula had not won, but said it cast a cloud of suspicion over the election as a whole. #Eleições2022 #Brasil #Lula #BR
The author questioned why European leaders had not commented on what they described as an irregular, last-minute intervention by Brazil’s Supreme Court, allegedly ordered by Lula’s former lawyer. They said it bypassed the electoral court’s authority and caused disruption at polling stations. #Brasil #Eleições2024 #Justiça #EU #BR
The author wrote that, even if irregularities in Brazil’s election had not changed the result, the same conduct would have caused a worldwide scandal if carried out by a right-wing incumbent. #Eleições2022 #Brasil #Escândalo #BR
The author said they doubted the challenge to the election would succeed, but described the Supreme Court’s intervention as an extraordinary irregularity. They said it had been made by an individual who was a close ally of the incumbent president and referred to how it was applied at many polling stations.
The author shared excerpts translated from Portuguese from the previous day’s statement by the president of Brazil’s Electoral Court. They said the president had stopped short of declaring the election compromised, but described his remarks as not especially reassuring. One excerpt began, “I must record that the preliminary”. #Eleições2022 #JustiçaEleitoral #Brasil #BR
The author wrote that transparency and rules were important in elections, and argued that last-minute changes during voting by an entity other than the electoral authority could have unpredictable effects and taint an election’s legitimacy. The post ended mid-sentence after saying the matter “must be”.
Ewan MacKenna said the victory looked suspicious, claiming that a last-minute intervention by an ally of Lula on the Supreme Court extended voting by two hours. He also said some polling stations opened while others remained closed, and described the shift from the first round to the second as unprecedented. #Eleições2022 #Justiça #Política #BR
The author said they had difficulty believing the election was legitimate, citing the first-round results and what they described as an extraordinary and procedurally irregular intervention by the Supreme Court.
The author wrote that the intervention had likely disproportionately benefited the leftist incumbent, in addition to involving procedural irregularities by bypassing electoral authorities. They suggested this might explain what they described as an implausible leftward swing in the final result.
The author wrote that The New York Times had reported that confusion over a last-minute, two-hour extension of voting by Judge Cristiano Zanin could lead to the election being annulled. The author added that Zanin had been appointed by Lula, whom they described as a left-wing candidate and his former lawyer in corruption cases, and called the situation extremely serious. #Eleições2023 #Justiça #Corrupção #BR #US
The author wrote that Spain was due to hold its most significant election in generations on November 29, and alleged that the “Sanchista regime” was tampering with the election through illegal naturalisations. The author described the regime as anti-constitutional and illiberal, and said they hoped Spanish citizens would turn out in large numbers. https://t.co/c3gaNMfxE0 #EleccionesEspaña #Democracia #ParticipaciónCiudadana #ES (translated)
The author claimed Sánchez was the first president of the democratic era to finish his terms having issued more decrees than laws. They argued that relying heavily on decrees to bypass normal parliamentary debate showed that he disliked democracy, and described laws they said had been pushed through as awful. #Democracia #Política #Gobierno #ES (translated)
The author wrote that an ageing population and declining birth rates were a major part of the welfare state’s crisis. They argued that political leaders should be candid with citizens and tell them to rely more heavily on civil society and private provision.
The author wrote that many people felt let down by the state and might not realize that, for generations, they had been sold what the author called a “giant lie”: that the state could protect their hopes for a better life while heavily taxing and regulating them.
The post claimed that the Buenos Aires consulate had reviewed 10,500 files concerning grandchildren and found no evidence of exile. It also alleged large-scale electoral fraud under Sanchez’s corrupt regime. #Argentina #politics #corruption #AR
The author said alleged vote-rigging by the Sánchez government, which they claimed had been exposed in recent weeks and months, was a scandal that should already have prompted the Government and Pedro Sánchez to resign. They added that, since Sánchez would not do so, Spaniards had to act on November 29, but the post ended before explaining what they should do. #España #Política #Elecciones #ES (translated)
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