Brazil's Bolsonaro says he will not accept election result if he loses

[rooster59]

Brazil's Bolsonaro says he will not accept election result if he loses

By Anthony Boadle

 

Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro listens to the national anthem during a meeting with women in Porto Alegre, Brazil August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Diego Vara/Files

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army officer who admires Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, said on Friday that he will not accept the result of next month's election if he loses.

 

Bolsonaro, a lawmaker whose running mate is a retired general, is leading the race for the Oct. 7 vote, but opinion polls show him likely losing to leftist Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad in an expected second-round vote.

 

If no one wins a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off between the two top candidates will be held on Oct. 28.

 

Haddad took over the Workers Party ticket earlier this month from popular jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was barred from running due to a corruption conviction.

 

Since then, Haddad has surged in opinion polls and will likely face Bolsonaro in the run-off, in Brazil's most polarized election since Brazil's return to democratic government in 1985.

 

Bolsonaro's running mate, retired General Hamilton Mourão, has said the armed forces should carry out a coup if the country's judiciary cannot end political corruption.

 

"I cannot speak for the Armed Forces commanders, but from the support I see in the streets, I will not accept an election result that is not my own victory," Bolsonaro said in an interview with Band TV at a hospital where he is recovering from a near-fatal stabbing three weeks ago. He did not elaborate.

 

Bolsonaro has previously accused the Workers Party of plotting to rig the elections, which some Brazilians have interpreted as a warning intended to encourage a military coup if he did not win.

 

A Datafolha poll released on Friday night said Haddad has come within six points of Bolsonaro in support for the first round of voting, and would defeat him in a run-off by 45-to-39 percent.

 

Bolsonaro, who has not been able to campaign or participate in presidential debates since he was stabbed in the abdomen, said he intends to resume campaigning on Oct. 12.

 

He dismissed a news report that his ex-wife had accused him of concealing his fortune and stealing from her bank safe.

Veja magazine, citing court documents, reported that his second wife had accused him in 2008 in an acrimonious divorce filing of stealing 1 million reais ($250,000) in cash and jewelry, and underreporting his assets to electoral authorities.

 

"My former wife herself has denied much of the Veja report," he said. The ex-wife, Ana Cristina Valle, earlier this week denied a report she had told Brazilian diplomats in 2011 that she fled to Norway after receiving a death threat from him.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-29

[thequietman]

It slips my mind!

 

Who else do we all know in Thailand who also thinks like this? ????

[bluesofa]

19 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army officer who admires Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, said on Friday that he will not accept the result of next month's election if he loses.

Why do I think Prayut is watching this with interest, maybe looking for some tips. Assuming he knows where Brazil is, of course.

 

[rudi49jr]

3 hours ago, thequietman said:

It slips my mind!

 

Who else do we all know in Thailand who also thinks like this? ????

 

I seem to recall a certain American guy with orange hair and a bad combover who said exactly the same thing two years ago during his campaign

[Thingamabob]

Bit like Brexit remoaners.

[Nyezhov]

7 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

 

I seem to recall a certain American guy with orange hair and a bad combover who said exactly the same thing two years ago during his campaign

I seem to recall a certain American woman in a bad pantsuit who lied and said she would but didnt, and got her cronies to do something about it ????

 

Damn all these politicos!

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

Par for the course really !
Every World Cup final that Brazil has ever lost has been claimed to have been bought by the winning countries mafia !!

[bristolboy]

30 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

I seem to recall a certain American woman in a bad pantsuit who lied and said she would but didnt, and got her cronies to do something about it ????

 

Damn all these politicos!

 

What you falsely remember is as odd as the true things you forget:

Trump Refuses to Say He’ll Accept Election Results If He Loses

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-20/clinton-trump-give-sharply-different-views-on-supreme-court

 

 

Subscribe now to get unlimited access.

 

[Burma Bill]

Well I never - Military versus Workers. I wonder what colour shirts they wear!

[ivor bigun]

Corbyns hero.

Sent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

[Bluespunk]

On 9/29/2018 at 6:44 AM, rooster59 said:

Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army officer who admires Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, said on Friday that he will not accept the result of next month's election if he loses.

Tough. 

 

You are going to lose. 

 

Deal with it. 

[underlordcthulhu]

After that violent and deranged Leftist stabbed him, he can be guaranteed that they will surely not accept the results if he wins. The Loony Left already gave him a small taste of what's to come.

[Rimmer]

An inflammatory post and a reply have been removed

[Morch]

12 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Tough. 

 

You are going to lose. 

 

Deal with it. 

 

Or go for another vote, until the wished result is achieved?

[Bluespunk]

4 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

Or go for another vote, until the wished result is achieved?

Absolutely. 

 

Elections are held on a regular basis in Brazil. 

 

Unless of course you are saying referendums on a single issue and an established process for voting in a president are the same thing. 

 

Nah, that would be ridiculous. 

Edited October 1, 2018 by Bluespunk

[Morch]

2 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Absolutely. 

 

Elections are are held on a regular basis in Brazil. 

 

[bristolboy]

3 hours ago, underlordcthulhu said:

After that violent and deranged Leftist stabbed him, he can be guaranteed that they will surely not accept the results if he wins. The Loony Left already gave him a small taste of what's to come.

It seems, shall we say, a peculiar way of thinking to indict millions on account of the violent and deranged behaviour of one individual.

[lanista]

About the only thing worth visiting Brazil for is  female beach/bikini volleyball.

I dont think  army guy usurper Prayuth will take much notice of those banana republic clowns.

Prayuth will rig the election so he wins  or his cronies do.

Thaksin and little siss Yingy cant come back yet.

[bristolboy]

On 9/29/2018 at 9:45 PM, Nyezhov said:

I seem to recall a certain American woman in a bad pantsuit who lied and said she would but didnt, and got her cronies to do something about it ????

 

Damn all these politicos!

 

I don't seem to recognize but actually do recognize this to be an accusation with absolutely no evidence to support it. Do you know what evidence actually looks like?