Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro admits that he has no evidence of electoral fraud

Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro, defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the presidential run-off on October 25, admits that he has no evidence of electoral fraud, but claims that it is "forbidden to investigate" the matter in Brazil. In an interview with the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, his first with a Brazilian media outlet since his move to the United States, he said that "neither I nor Lula can say with 100% certainty who was elected president."

From Miami, where he moved after the vote, the senator again contested the election result, arguing that there is no mathematical explanation for Lula's increase in votes in the second round. He also announced that the Liberal Party (PL) will ask for the candidacy of Lula and vice-president Geraldo Alckmin to be quashed for alleged abuse of economic power, contesting the social measures adopted or promised during the electoral campaign.

Flávio also criticized his father's return to Brazil in 2023, after three months in the United States. “I have learned from President Bolsonaro's mistakes and successes and I will not make the same mistake,” he said, declining to reveal who organized and financed his move to Miami.

In view of the 2030 presidential elections, the senator said he is ready to run if the PL agrees, like the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, but "if my father regains his political rights, he will be my candidate", he concluded.