Bolsonaro says he will respect Brazil election result if ‘clean, transparent’
2022.08.23 03:10
FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media during a visit to a technology park as he starts his campaign as a presidential candidate in 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 result of an October election regardless of the result, as long as the voting is “clean and transparent.”
In an interview with TV Globo’s Jornal Nacional, a nightly newscast with the largest audience in Brazil, the far-right politician insisted without evidence there had been fraud in past Brazilian elections.
Opinion polls show Bolsonaro trailing in the presidential race to leftist rival, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
