Jair Bolsonaro threatens to deny possible defeat in 2022 election: what latest polls say

The Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, again conditioned the outcome of the 2022 presidential elections on Wednesday by insisting that he would not recognize a possible defeat if the electronic voting system in the country, the same with which he came to power on January 1, 2019.

“If this method continues, we are going to have problems because one party may not accept the result. And that side will obviously be our side, ”the president said in a radio interview. Guaiba.

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The president insisted on the need to revert to the ballot vote which was in force until 20 years ago in his country. “We are going to have problems next year,” he insisted.

Bolsonaro argues that the electronic voting system the country adopted more than two decades ago promotes fraud and claims to have “proof” of it. However, he never presented any evidence. The presidential elections will take place in October of next year.

What the polls say

Bolsonaro’s warning came a day after the publication of a poll showing him at a disadvantage compared to his main rival, the former leftist president. Luiz Lula da Silva, recently rehabilitated by justice after being convicted of corruption.

According to an Ipsos firm survey published by the traditional magazineto have, Lula gathers 58% of the voting intentions in a possible ballot against Bolsonaro, which collects 25% of support with 13% of blank or null votes. 4% of those consulted were undecided or did not respond.

The investigation also revealed that Lula would beat four other potential rivals in a possible second round: the former judge Sergio Moro (57% to 20%), the leftist Ciro Gomes (57% to 14%), former Bolsonarist Minister of Health Luiz Henrique Mandetta (60% to 12%) and Senator Tasso Jereissati of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (60% to 9%).

What Bolsonaro said

This is not the first time that the current president has warned by not acknowledging a possible defeat in the next election. He has long insisted that in the 2018 elections, in which he was elected president, there was also “fraud”. After his indictment, the Higher Electoral Court demanded that he present “evidence” to support his complaint.

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Bolsonaro has gone so far as to challenge those who defend the cleanliness of the current voting system to “present evidence that there is no fraud” with electronic ballot boxes. The president also reaffirmed his confidence in a project presented by the government to Congress and which proposes to return to voting with ballots.

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However, at least eleven political parties, including some from the center and right-wing forces that support the government, have already spoken out against the approval of this project and have defended the transparency of the electronic voting system.

With apparent reference to these positions contrary to the official project, Bolsonaro assured this Wednesday that “they can create many problems for the next year” and insisted that with this initiative, the only objective is that “the vote is auditable and transparent “.