Vasques, who posted a message on Instagram in support of the re-election of President Jair Bolsonaro, was urgently summoned to the Superior Electoral Court, whose head, Alexandre de Moraesordered the cessation of operations between 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., that is, until the end of the vote.
Moraes, considered partial by President Bolsonaro since 2021 when he began to denounce the lack of transparency of the electronic ballot boxes, maintained that the police chief’s report indicates that the operations were for “transit” issues and that the actions will be investigated one by one. .
“It was determined that all operations will cease even so that the voters do not arrive late for the voting period,” Moraes assured after meeting with the police headquarters.although he clarified that the vehicles did not return to the place of origin but that the voters have only suffered a “delay”.
Moraes endorsed the version of the Bolsonaro government that the operations were not carried out with a political background despite the fact that complaints from voters who traveled and were stopped for no apparent reason multiplied.
Politicians from the Bahia PT denounced that deputies and senators were stopped because they wore stickers with Lula’s face.
Blockades were 70% more than in the first electoral round, says a court report.
Moraes assured that no bus stopped on the route returned to its place of origin.
The reaction of the PT
The president of workers partyGleisi Hoffmann, announced that requested the arrest of the commander of the Federal Highway Police and asked the deputies of Lula’s coalition to give the prison order, something to which they are entitled when it comes to cases of flagrante delicto, against the police officers who are detaining opposition voters.
“I ask the legislators of our coalition to go to the places of operations in their states and give the arrest warrant to the police,” he said. Hoffmann on social networks.
The electoral tension rose because the coordinator of Lula’s campaign, Randolfe Rodriguesrequested the imprisonment of the head of the Federal Highway Police (PRF, for its acronym in Portuguese), Silvinei Vasques, for having made publications on the American social network Instagram asking to vote for President Bolsonaro.
In an official letter sent this Sunday to the chiefs of the Federal Police and the Federal Highway Police (PRF), the electoral justice system threatened sanctions if the operations to detain voters who are on the move are not explained, especially in the northeast, bastion of Lula’s vote.
Hoffman released a series of videos with caravans of Lula voters being held up on the roads.
The president of the electoral court, Alexandre de Moraesordered yesterday that no operations be carried out on the routes so that Bolsonarism cannot use the security institutions as a way to prevent the transfer of opposition voters.
More than 200 cities have decided to allow free public passenger transport this Sunday, including the main capitals of the country such as São Paulo.
However, in Rio de Janeiro there were complaints about an alleged boycott exerted by some transport companies in regions where Lula would be favorite.
The governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, an ally of Bolsonaro, failed to comply with the order to release the Belo Horizonte subway, a decision that he began to comply with at 11 a.m., three hours after the polls began to open.
Bolsonaro diagrammed the controls with the Police
The newspaper O Globo affirmed this Sunday that the president Jair Bolsonaro plotted on October 19 at the Alvorada Palace, the presidential residence, with police chiefs launching a series of roadblocks unpublished for this Sunday with the aim of harming the transfer of the voters of the former president and opposition candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da SIlva.
“The meeting was for the police to be attentive to the irregular transport of voters, especially in the northeast (a region with broad support from Lula),” wrote O Globo, in a column by journalist Lauro Jardim.
International observers told Folha de Sao Paulo that they are seeking information to determine the impact on the vote.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed in a statement its concern about the incident at checkpoints on Brazilian highways.
“We are very concerned about the complaints of operations by the Federal Highway Police that are supposedly preventing or delaying access to voting locations for voters who use public transport,” said the human rights organization in the statement, posted in his web page.
Source: Ambito
David William is a talented author who has made a name for himself in the world of writing. He is a professional author who writes on a wide range of topics, from general interest to opinion news. David is currently working as a writer at 24 hours worlds where he brings his unique perspective and in-depth research to his articles, making them both informative and engaging.
