Army High Command says it is stepping aside as election auditor and 'whoever wins takes it'

“Whoever wins takes it”, emphasized the military. The phrase began to be disseminated among the troops shortly after the meeting, held during the first week of August.

O Estadão found that, as the position of the generals spread throughout the country's barracks, the commanders of the Army, from navy and Aeronautics began to avoid political exposure and showed signs of distancing themselves from the unprecedented audit of the elections, which checkedaria partially the sum of votes on Sunday (2) and would also have the power to monitor operational tests of electronic voting machines. The audit was a request from the president Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

According to the report, in practice, the position of the Army High Command can reduce the impact of auditing voting machines.

Faced with a scenario of wear and tear for the sector, the Army High Command leaves to Jair Bolsonaro the role of contesting the results of the elections or questionconfirm the legitimacy of electronic voting machines.

The military also claims that the president, if he wants questionar the results of the election, you will have to do so through the legal and legal means of your campaign.

Military audit

According to Estadão, the audit will be centralized in a room at the Ministry of Defense, and will follow a simple script: issuing, on Sunday night, a document containing the technical findings of the inspection. The Defense investigation – using data files and copies of ballot boxes collected in the sections – should not go beyond a sample of up to 400 ballot boxes, instead of the complete total, as stated in the “project-piloto” accepted by the TSE under pressure from the military.

The department intends to complete the work in four hours and send the audit to the TSE around 21 pm. Defense Minister Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira, who will alone sign the report, will inform President Jair Bolsonaro about the content.

International pressure

Members of the Brazilian armed forces suffered internal and external pressure not to approach any attitude of democratic rupture.

United States military personnel have maintained daily contacts, via diplomacy, with Brazilians, reinforcing that the role of the Armed Forces is to protect democracy.

On Thursday (29), the US Senate approved a resolution asking for immediate recognition of the victor in Brazil. If this does not happen, the recommendation is that Biden rsee the relationship with Brazil.

The European Parliament followed a similar attitude: it demanded monitoring of the situation in Brazil and punishing it with trade sanctions.

European military attachés in Brasília heard from Brazilian uniforms that will have a democratic and professional stance. According to an investigation by Estadão, Brazilian officials came to the conclusion that there is no personal financial advantages or for the career of Brazilian military personnel embarking on a new “adventure” of taking over the government.

Source: Estadão