Brazil military finds no proof of electoral fraud, dashes hopes of Bolsonaro supporters
Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro
The farright's attemptsto invalidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva being elected presidentof Brazil were thwarted when a much-anticipated investigation from Brazil's defence ministry failed to find evidence of recent ballots being cast unlawfully.
Following weeks of speculationsthat it would embolden accusations by extremist president Jair Bolsonaro that the election was rigged, the military late on Wednesday delivered the 63-page report to Brazil's electoral authorities.
Bolsonaro, an ex-army captain, had hinted for months that he wouldn't accept defeat and regularly questioned the reliability of Brazil's electronic voting machines, while offering no proof to support his claims.
His followers expected the military to substantiate these allegations, but the only hint of uncertainty came in the shape of a feeble recommendation that a committee be set up to guarantee that the source code used in the voting machines cannot be altered, The Guardian said in a report.
Brazil’s senior electoral official said they “received with satisfaction the final report from the defence ministry that, in common with all the other monitoring agencies, does not point to any fraud or inconsistency in electronic ballot boxes or in the 2022 electoral process”.
Bolsonaro lost the 30 October run-off election to his rival Lula by 50.9% to 49.1%.However, he has refused to accept defeatand has remained absent since the vote, coming out just briefly two days after the vote to urge his followers to stop rallies that were blocking highways and roads all around the nation.
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