The president of the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court, Alexandre de Moraes, called on citizens to vote because it is the «most important instrument to build a fairer and more egalitarian country» and reminded that the outcome of this Sunday’s elections will affect the future of everyone, from children to parents.
Moraes pointed out that in the first round of the presidential elections, held on October 2, the lowest number of blank and invalid votes in the last five elections was recorded, which, he said, «demonstrates the interest and awareness of Brazilians in the election of their representatives».
During a speech broadcast on national radio and television, he emphasized the importance of this day’s result: «Brazil will take another important and decisive step on the road to development and progress, guaranteeing the strengthening of democracy and republican stability», he affirmed.
Thus, he congratulated the more than 123 million Brazilians who cast their vote in the last election and called on those who did not vote to turn out this Sunday to decide the president of the republic and 12 state governors.
He also said that the Electoral Board has reinforced the procedures so that the long queues registered at the polling stations during the first round are not repeated. «This way you can vote quickly and go back to enjoying Sunday with family and friends,» he pointed out.
He also asked voters not to allow any kind of coercion, threat or offer of benefits «to restrict their freedom to vote» and recalled that electoral harassment is a crime.
Brazilians are called this Sunday to the polls to determine the political framework of the South American giant for the coming years, with two opposing proposals, that of the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, and that of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
