Bolsonaro ally Lira attacks polls and speaks of punishing research institutes.
Like Bolsonaro and his followers, the Speaker of the House stated that polling institutes were acting to harm certain candidates.
247 - An ally of Jair Bolsonaro (PL), the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), joined the attacks on election polls, which show former president Lula (PT) as the favorite to win the election, even in the first round.
Lira said that such divergent results between polls are unacceptable and spoke of punishing institutes that are allegedly acting to harm any candidate. "Nothing justifies such divergent results from polling institutes. Someone is making a mistake or doing a disservice. It is urgent to establish legal measures to punish institutes that err excessively or intentionally to harm any candidacy."
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"We cannot allow manipulation of election results. This undermines democracy," he added.
Bolsonaro supporters have been using the same argument to discredit the results of polls, which have mostly shown an unfavorable scenario for the current government. The climate of attacks on polling institutes has harmed the work of those surveyed, who They have been threatened and even assaulted. on the streets of the country.
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