Brazil's Electoral Court Rejects Bolsonaro Party's Request To Annul Some Votes - Reports
Faizan Hashmi Published November 24, 2022 | 06:50 AM
BUENOS AIRES (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th November, 2022) The Superior Electoral Court of Brazil has rejected the request of outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to annul part of the votes in the 2022 presidential election and fined it 22.9 million reals ($4.2 million), the G1 news portal reported on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Bolsonaro's Liberal Party claimed that the electronic voting system was "poorly functioning" and requested that votes cast through them be annulled. The court gave the party 24 hours to provide evidence.
According to the report, Brazilian Superior Electoral Court President Alexandre de Moraes rejected the request, saying that the party was "going to the court with bad intentions.
" The court also imposed a fine of 22.9 million reals on the party.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidential election in the runoff on October 30. He already served two terms from 2003 to 2010 and was then confronted by criminal prosecution on corruption charges. He began serving a 12-year sentence in 2018, but Brazil's Supreme Court later annulled the case, and Lula was released from prison in 2019. His term in office will begin on January 1, 2023.
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