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Bolsonaro says he will respect Brazilian election results if ‘clean, transparent’ According to Reuters
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media during a visit to a technology park as he begins his presidential campaign during the national elections in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil August 18, 2022 REUTERS / Carla Carniel
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he would respect the outcome of October’s election regardless of the outcome, as long as the vote is “clean and transparent.”
In an interview with Jornal Nacional of TV Globo, a nightly news radio program with the largest audience in Brazil, the far-right politician insisted there was no evidence that there had been fraud in the elections. former Brazilian election.
Opinion polls show Bolsonaro trailing behind in the presidential race with his leftist rival, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.