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Lula Wins Fourth Term as Brazil President While Flávio Bolsonaro Refuses to Concede and Seeks Annulment
Read this in the Market Flux appLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential runoff on Sunday, defeating right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro by more than three percentage points to secure an unprecedented fourth term. The 80-year-old president extended one of Latin America's longest political careers in a vote that was immediately contested by the losing side.
Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and announced plans to seek a legal annulment of the results, calling the outcome impossible to recognize. His central objection is a decision by Supreme Court Justice Zanin, whom Bolsonaro described as a former Lula lawyer, to extend voting hours by two hours at 5:01 p.m. on election day. Bolsonaro called the move unprecedented in Brazilian history and "unacceptable," citing it alongside broader allegations of voter suppression as grounds for challenging the outcome.
Bolsonaro's legal team is expected to file for annulment, setting up a post-election confrontation that mirrors disputes seen in other recent democratic contests. No timeline for that filing was immediately announced.
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- RT_com❗️ BOLSONARO CALLS BRAZIL ELECTION CHANGES ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ Claims Supreme Court minister & ‘FORMER LULA LAWYER’ ‘CHANGED THE RULES OF THE GAME’ by extending voting BY 2 HOURS ‘NOT SOMETHING NORMAL… UNACCEPTABLE'
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