Brazil could face ‘more severe’ election unrest than the US Capitol riot, official warns

Speaking at the Wilson Center in Washington DC on Wednesday, Superior Electoral Court Minister Edson Fachin Incumbent Bolsonaro has repeatedly cast doubt on the country’s electoral process and criticized in particular the use of electronic ballots — a system that has been in place in 2000. He has also called for the military to perform a parallel “public” count of the votes.The President’s remarks, first made in August 2021, have prompted a series of demonstrations in the country against the electoral system.Last week, his son, politician Flavio Bolsonaro, also refused to rule out the possibility of a January 6-like episode in Brazil, in an interview with newspaper Estadao. “How can we control it?” he said. “People saw problems in the US electoral system, were outraged, and did what they did.”There is no evidence, however, of widespread fraud in the 2020 US presidential election.