Brazil Workers' Party Files Charges against Jair Bolsonaro

Workers' Party filed Friday charges against Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, following his statements in which he threatened to repeat what happened in the US, alleging lack of confidence in the elections.

Workers' Party claimed that that Bolsonaro was involved in crimes against the electoral system and threatening democracy, something that should be investigated.

Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the lack of trust in the vote count in the U.S. election led to Wednesday’s mob attack on Congress, warning his people that the same could happen in his country.

The leader repeated claims of widespread fraud in the Nov. 3 vote, noting that the Brazil’s electronic voting system, internationally praised for its efficiency and speed in counting ballots, can be manipulated.

“What happened in the American elections? Basically, what was ... the cause of the whole crisis? The lack of confidence in the vote,” he told supporters outside his residence.

He claimed, without giving any evidence, that there were people who voted three or four times, and even dead people’s voices have been counted.

“Here, in Brazil, if you have electronic voting, it will be the same. Fraud exists,” he went on saying. “If we don’t have the ballot printed in 2022, a way to audit the votes, we’re going to have bigger problems than the United States.”