Ordinarily, the Alvorada (“Aurora” in Portuguese) palace is a most relaxing place. The work of Oscar Niemeyer, this peaceful glass parallelepiped sits east of Brasilia, on a peninsula overlooking the waters of Lake Paranoa. Official residence of the Head of State, the place lends itself to relaxation, with its beautiful garden, its azure swimming pool and its marble colonnades, whose pillars recall the sails of a boat sailing out to sea… Yet it is here that Captain Jair Bolsonaro decided on Monday July 18 to unleash a new political storm.
Less than three months before the presidential election, the first round of which is scheduled for October 2, the President of Brazil has chosen this haven of peace to deliver one of his most virulent speeches against his country’s electoral system. As often, when it comes to shaking Brazilian democracy, he knew how to put the forms in it, choosing to speak in front of an audience of several dozen ambassadors from around the world. As if to take the planet to witness its intentions.
On the form, the exercise was meant to be serious. Calm, composed, Jair Bolsonaro took his place behind a desk, before putting on his glasses and reading point by point a speech written in advance, all with the help of a slide show. But the substance has deceived no one: the president has indeed launched an attack in good standing against the institutions he is nevertheless supposed to protect. “What we want are clean, transparent elections! »immediately launched the populist captain in a warmongering tone.
Certain amateurism
For an hour, Jair Bolsonaro torpedoed the country’s electronic voting system, accused of fraud and massive malfunctions. Casting discredit on previous elections, he mentioned cases of hacker infiltrations, having, according to him, penetrated during ” eight months “the computers of the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), responsible for holding the election. ” [Ils ont eu accès] source codes, passwords, all very quietly »insisted the president of Brazil, without advancing any concrete proof.
Claimant ” transparency “the Chief Executive repeated his demands: better controls of electronic ballot boxes and the issuance of a paper receipt, allowing a recount of votes – all provisions rejected for months by the judges of the TSE, suspected by Jair Bolsonaro to wish to manipulate the ballot. “Why does a group of only three people want to bring instability to our country? »wondered the head of state.
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