Brazil Elections 2022, Live: Jair Bolsonaro vs. Lula, minute by minute of voting

Chief Justice of the Union Supreme Court (STF), Minister Rosa WeberHe said that the election day is taking place Police are reportedly arresting voters, but in a calm and “peaceful” manner.

Asked about the activities of the Brazilian Federal Traffic Police (PRF), which made at least 514 interventions to control public transport vehicles, obstructing the voter’s right to vote and failing to comply with the TSE’s decision, Weber said. “Handles this issue properly” without further details.

International Human Rights Organization Human Rights Watch He expressed concern over reports of police checkpoints on highways in the country’s northeast preventing voters from going to the polls.

“We are very concerned about reports of actions by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) allegedly preventing or delaying voters using public transport from entering polling stations. On October 29, the High Electoral Court (TSE) banned any activity of the PRF related to public transport of voters. The authorities must immediately comply with the decisions of the TSE, suspend all actions that lead to the suppression of Brazilian voters’ right to vote and guarantee that they can exercise it freely and safely.”, the quoted statement said Country.

According to the information published by the Folha newspaper, the police conducted 514 bus checks at noon while the authorities had ordered that no measures should be taken to prevent disruption to the movement of Brazilians voting today. The ballot will determine whether the next president will be Lula or Bolsonaro.

In this framework, the head of the Workers’ Party, Gleisi Hoffmann, announced that he had called for the arrest of President Jair Bolsonaro and the commander of the Federal Highway Police who called regional leaders to vote. He called on coalition representatives to order the arrest of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Police Arresting Opposition Voters.

“I ask the legislators of our coalition to go to the places of operation in their states and issue arrest warrants to the police,” Hoffman said on social networks.

A scandal erupted in Brazil over Lula’s detention of voters along northeastern routes after police failed to comply with a federal Supreme Court ruling allowing the fluid transport of voters. The Lula faction’s demand came after they found out 514 Police Actions In the corridors until 12 noon this Sunday, on October 2, 70% more shares were registered than in the first election round, according to a report from the High Electoral Court obtained by Folha de Sao Paulo.

Brazil’s top electoral court today ordered the head of the federal highway police, which reports to Jair Bolsonaro’s government, to urgently explain why it has not carried out court orders to stop buses with voters. of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, it was officially announced.

Former President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff He said it was “time” for the Workers’ Party (PT), which he and former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are part of, to rule Brazil again after exercising their right to vote in the second round of presidential elections. It is celebrated on this Sunday.

Rousseff voted in the morning with her party’s state delegates at a school in the Pambulha area of ​​Belo Horizonte. “I have high expectations of victory. When Planaldo left the palace, because of the totally illegal and fraudulent ‘impeachment’, I said we would return. Today is the day for me. The time has come to return,” he said, according to the newspaper. Newspaper.

The former president emphasized that the PT’s specialty is to win the election in the second round, and that it did not win in 2018 because Lula was not a candidate. “In Lula’s two elections and in my two elections we never won the first round. We are always fair. But people always win in the second round,” he said.

A bodyguard of Brazilian federal vice president Carla Zambelli, one of President Jair Bolsonaro’s key allies, was arrested today after allegedly firing his weapon as he chased a black citizen, a lawmaker, through the streets of Sao Paulo. policeman

Brazil’s presidential candidate and former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, voted in Sao Paulo this morning, promising that “this is a very important day for the future of the country.” “We are going to take the whole society forward as a whole,” the center-left candidate promised.

Brazil’s president and re-election candidate Jair Bolsonaro cast his ballot today at a school in Rio de Janeiro, minutes after opening the tables in Brazil for a presidential runoff with his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The far-right president said hours before the last actThe person with the most votes wins”. This is a change from its official description so far. In recent months, the president has waged a strong campaign against the current voting system, which he sees as an open door to fraud against him.

“There is no doubt. Whoever gets the most votes wins. That’s democracy.” host Renata Lo told Breit on the TV show Globo newspaper, After the last debate with his opponent, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The PT leader is trying to come back to power after 12 years “Success Walk”They participated in this Thousands of people in many blocks In the heart of São Paulo.

“We have all the conditions to win tomorrow”, Lula said earlier in a press conference with Brazilian and international media. He was accompanied by the Vice-Presidential candidate. Geraldo Alcmin; By the PT candidate for governor of São Paulo, Fernando Haddad, who plays out another of tomorrow’s great electoral battles; And for his wife, Rosangela da Silva (Janja). And there was a special guest: Jose “Pepe” Mujica, former president of UruguayIt was well received by PT supporters.

Lula hoped Brazilians would decide “for a change”He promised to bring the country back to “normalcy”.

In an interview NationAmbassador of Argentina to Brazil, Daniel Cioli, The leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) admitted that he approves of it “Greater commitment to Latin American integration with Mercosur and a better personal relationship with Christina Kirchner and myself”said.

“I am a grateful person and I will never forget that [Lula] In 2015 he went to campaign for me. I speak directly to everyone around him, like Celso Amorim. I have a very good relationship,” said the diplomat.

At the same time, Cioli dismissed Bolsonaro’s criticism of Argentina during the campaign. “I understand that this has to do with Bolsonaro’s campaign strategy, speaking to his hard core. Make a comparison. Sometimes I tell him half jokingly and half seriously. “Stop kidding yourself that Argentina is communism or socialism”Recorded.

A Deputy Bolsonaro A group was chased at gunpoint through the middle of San Pablo. The leader pointed out that it was Lula da Silva’s fighters who verbally assaulted him.

Re-elected Federal Deputy Carla Zambelli (Partido Liberal), Chaco is a weapon and targeted one person this Saturday afternoon The exclusive neighborhood is the Jardins de San Pablo. In a video posted on social media, the legislator Insults and spat on, claiming harassment by “Lula da Silva militias”.. The circumstances of the incident in the middle of the street are still unclear.

Former President Lula Inacio da Silva will come by choice The survey was released on Saturday. Both Datafolha and Genial/Quaest assign it 52% of valid votes for the left-wing candidate, 48% for the president. The Ipec consultation extends that distinction Up to eight points: 54% and 46%.

Most of them Polls Suggest that Lula is the favorite for a third term, capped off a remarkable political comeback following his imprisonment for bribery, which was later overturned. however, Bolsonaro has fared better than polls had predicted In the first roundOn October 2.

Two other well-known polls this Saturday are actually a Extreme heat Expect that. According to a study conducted by the MDA Institute commissioned by the Confederation of National Transport (CNT), Lula will get 51.1% of valid votes, compared to 48.9% for Bolsonaro., a technical tie with a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points. MDA was the most accurate pollster in the first round.

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