The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) indicated today that it received “with satisfaction” the report of the elections carried out by the Armed Forces, in which “the existence of any fraud was not indicated.”
“The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) received with satisfaction the final report of the Ministry of Defense, which, like all other control bodies, did not indicate the existence of any fraud or inconsistency in the electronic voting machines and in the electoral process. of 2022. “, reads a note released by the president of the TSE, Alexandre de Moraes.
“The TSE reaffirms that electronic voting machines are a source of national pride, and the 2022 Elections demonstrate the efficiency, fairness and total transparency of the counting and computation of votes,” he stressed.
Regarding the suggestions of the Armed Forces, the TSE indicated that “they will be analyzed in due course.”
Although there were no indications of fraud, the Armed Forces report released today raised doubts about the reliability of the presidential voting system on October 30, in elections whose international observers and the Electoral Court consider that they have complied with international standards.
The report, sent today by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), highlights that the inspection focused solely on the electronic voting system and that “it was observed that the occurrence of access to the network, during the compilation of the source code and the consequent generation of programs (binary codes), may pose a significant risk to the security of the process”.
The Armed Forces also indicate that “from the functionality tests, carried out through the Integrity Test and the Pilot Project with Biometrics, it cannot be affirmed that the electronic voting system is free from the influence of any malicious code that could alter its functioning. March”.
It should be noted that nowhere in the report does the existence of fraud insinuate and that “in view of the inspection tools and opportunities defined in the TSE Resolutions and structured in the EFASEV Work Plan, the inspection found that the Integrity Test , without biometrics, went ahead as planned.”
“Regarding the totalization inspection, the conformity between the printed bulletins and the data made available by the TSE was verified by sampling,” he stressed.
Jair Bolsonaro and his team sought to discredit the electronic voting system throughout the electoral campaign, without showing any evidence.
At the request of Jair Bolsonaro, the military participated for the first time as observers of the elections and the voting system, which was the target of a campaign to smear the Brazilian leader in the months before the elections, despite the fact that the polls never were the subject of fraud allegations.
Truckers staged hundreds of roadblocks across the country in the three days after the election, but protested after Bolsonaro urged his supporters not to cut off the free movement of citizens.
On November 2, a public holiday, thousands of people demonstrated in front of the military barracks in the main Brazilian capitals to call for a coup against the electoral results.
With 100% of the votes counted, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential elections by a narrow margin, receiving 50.9% of the votes, compared to 49.1% for Jair Bolsonaro, who was seeking a new four-year term.
Lula da Silva will again assume the Presidency of Brazil on January 1, 2023 for a third term, after having governed the country between 2003 and 2010.
Source: TSF
