Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro published a letter on Wednesday night, deleted and edited twice thereafter, in which he addressed his departure from Brazil after losing Sunday’s presidential election, declaring himself the victim of a “witch hunt” and insisting he had not abandoned his country.
\n\nSen. Bolsonaro won the first round of the presidential election this year against incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a surprise relative to polling expectations, in early October, but Lula was declared the victor on Sunday by a wide margin. Bolsonaro and his conservative camp have denounced irregularities in the race, in particular condemning the unprecedented and unconstitutional decision by a justice on the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), the nation’s top court, to extend voting by two hours.
\n\nPolling stations should have closed by 5 p.m. local time, and most did, but a few minutes after 5, Justice Cristiano Zanin ordered stations to remain open through 7 p.m.. Only polling stations that had disobeyed the established procedures were able to remain open, as the technology used in the elections does not allow closed polling stations to reopen.
\n\nThe order was given in response to complaints in the nation’s northeast, Lula’s traditional stronghold, of transportation issues…
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