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The Leftist Candidate Fernando Haddad accused the far right Jair Bolsonaro favorite for the Oct. 28 poll, of being behind a "conspiracy with dirty money" to win the presidency of Brazil, through the mbadive bombardment of false news by WhatsApp .
. The prosecutor of the electoral system opened an investigation after the denunciations of the candidate of the Workers Party (PT).
Brazil has thus entered the radar of political intrigues woven with the help of social networks, as happened with the presidential elections in the United States, the United Kingdom's referendum release of the European Union or during the plebiscite on the peace agreement in Colombia.
Haddad sounded the alarm as a result of the revelations of S.Paulo's Folha newspaper about companies having purchased services to broadcast mbad messages in favor of the far right Bolsonaro before being imposed in the first round of October 7
"We calculated that there were hundreds of thousands of messages sent to voters, all false, to guide the vote in the direction Haddad said at a press conference in Sao Paulo.
A similar campaign would be in progress for the week before the second round according to the report.
place of the world, would be a capital size scandal, which could lead to a bid challenge, "said the aspiring PT.
In Brazil, any commercial contribution to a campaign is prohibited and the newspaper could make it a crime. .
As a result, the PT asked to investigate the Bolsonaro campaign, of course "abuse of economic power and misuse of digital media".
In addition, Haddad had planned to present the case to the OAS, suggesting that possible cancellation of the candidacy of the former captain of the army.
"A deep despair"
Bolsonaro's Social Liberal Party (PSL) denied the accusations .
These are "the ludicrous arguments of Haddad, it's a clear sign of deep despair," said Gustavo Bebbiano, PSL's president
Bolsonaro reacts on Twitter: "The PT n & # 39 is not wronged by false information, but by the TRUTH ".
And he accused this party of always having "bought the policy" "consciences", in reference to the cases of corruption in prison of several of its leaders, including its historical leader, the exmandatario Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Social networks played a key role in the political ascent. from Bolsonaro, which has a little over 14 million fans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. His opponent adds 2.8 million.
With 120 million users, WhatsApp is a very popular email service in Brazil. According to Sergio Amadeu, of the consulting committee on Internet management in Brazil, 90% of the country's Internet users use this communication system.
"This was a very similar but more sophisticated disinformation campaign than that of the United States [en la elección de Donald trump en 2016] because (…) in times of crisis, he appealed to the hate, "he told AFP.
For its part, WhatsApp announced the opening of an investigation .
"Dirty Money"
Haddad said to have detected "a slander campaign" on WhatsApp, supported by "dirty money", but now he has information indicating that it is a large-scale action.
The businessmen involved in this plot are very big, we have information that 156 entrepreneurs are involved, "he said.
According to Folha's research, several companies funded the bombing of messages by WhatsApp through service contracts.C which was to cost up to 12 million reais (3.25 million dollars) each.
Without the support of a strong party , Bolsonaro won the first round with 46% of the vote, against 29% of Haddad and is largely favored for the second, with 59% of media against 41% for Haddad, according to corresponding surveys of Ibope and Datafolha.
The rejection rate of the left exceeds that of Bolsonaro, known for his misogynistic, homophobic and racist statements and his justification of the military dictatorship (1964-1985).
Bolsonaro excludes his participation in the televised debate with Haddad. 19659003] The extr me right continues to recover from the aggression that he received in early September at a rally and did not have to "submit to a high stress situation without reason, "according to the president of his party.
"In a power match, the left will do everything to get me out of the fight, I do not blame the left for planning to murder me, but let's not forget that Mr. Adélio [Bispo de Oliveira] was until 2014 a subsidiary of PSOL ", left party, said Bolsonaro in a video broadcast at night.
The police investigation concludes that the attacker had acted premeditated and for political reasons, but alone.
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