They order to remove from TV Brazil images of Bolsonaro attacking the electoral system in an act with ambassadors

MADRID, 25 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The judge of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil, Mauro Campbell, has ordered this Wednesday to withdraw from Brazilian public television the video of the meeting that President Jair Bolsonaro held with several ambassadors, in which he launched unfounded accusations about the reliability of the electoral system.

The TSE has determined that TV Brasil remove from all its platforms the images of that meeting on July 18 at the Alvorada Palace in which Bolsonaro once again tried to sow doubts about the electronic ballot boxes, this time among a large representation of foreign diplomats.

Judge Campbell's ruling, in response to a petition filed by the Democratic Labor Party (PDT), maintains that "the material disseminated on social networks, due to the proximity of the elections" can be considered an "abusive practice" in order to win votes.

In turn, it points out that there is an "obvious" and "irreversible" risk not only to the plaintiff, in this case the PDT, but also to the Electoral Justice itself, "due to the dissemination of false information," which "has already been vehemently refuted" by the TSE, Campbell explained.

The judge has warned that Bolsonaro, "far from adopting a collaborative position with the improvement of the electoral system", "deliberately" insists on manifesting "falsehoods" about the electoral system and the counting of votes.

Campbell goes further and has warned that the Brazilian president's speech "seems to constitute an abuse in the exercise of freedom of expression, knowing that in Brazil there is no fundamental right that is absolute."

Parallel to this decision, the Prosecutor's Office informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday of the opening of a preliminary investigation into the possible commission of a crime by Bolsonaro that day.

In total, a dozen ambassadors attended that meeting, as well as between 65 and 80 people belonging to different diplomatic corps. The personnel present, to whom the newspaper 'O Globo' had access, highlighted that during the meeting accusations were launched without showing evidence, even assuring concern for the state of health of Brazilian democracy.