The armed forces are also demanding the formation of a special committee consisting of “famous technicians from society and technicians representing inspection bodies.”
The report of the armed forces, which was issued today, raised doubts about the credibility of the voting system for the October 30 presidential elections, in elections that international observers and the Electoral Tribunal believe complied with international standards.
In the report, which the Brazilian Ministry of Defense sent today to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), it was emphasized that the inspection focused only on the electronic voting system and that “it was observed that the occurrence of network access, during the compilation of source code and the consequent creation of programs (tokens). binary), could pose a safety-related risk.”
The armed forces also indicate that “from the functional tests, conducted through integrity testing and the pilot project using biometrics, it cannot be said that the electronic voting system is free from the influence of any malicious code that can alter its running properties.”
In this way, the armed forces asked the authorities to respond to the suggestions of military technicians, such as conducting an investigation to “better know what happened in the compilation of the source code and its possible effects” and to promote “detailed analysis” of binary codes already implemented in electronic voting machines.”
The armed forces are also calling for the formation of a special committee consisting of “famous technicians from society and technicians representing the inspection bodies.”
However, it should be noted that no fraud was hinted at in any part of the report and that “in light of the screening tools and opportunities identified in TSE decisions and regulated in the EFASEV Action Plan, the inspection found that integrity, not biometrics, occurred as planned.” .
They stressed that “with regard to the assembly check, the match between the printed releases and the data provided by TSE, was verified by sampling.”
Several international organizations, including the CPLP’s Network of Judicial and Electoral Bodies Mission, concluded that the presidential elections in Brazil complied with international standards and that electronic voting machines were safe and expedited the counting process.
Jair Bolsonaro and his team sought to discredit the electronic voting system throughout the election campaign, without showing any evidence.
At the request of Jair Bolsonaro, the military participated for the first time as election observers and the voting system, which had been the target of a smear campaign by the Brazilian leader in the months leading up to the elections, despite the fact that opinion polls were never subject to allegations of fraud.
Truck drivers set up hundreds of roadblocks across the country in the three days after the election, but sparked protests after Bolsonaro urged his supporters not to cut off citizens’ freedom of movement.
On November 2, a public holiday, thousands of people demonstrated outside military barracks in major Brazilian capitals to demand a coup against the election results.
With 100% of the votes counted, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential election by a slim margin, taking 50.9% of the vote, compared to 49.1% for Jair Bolsonaro, who was seeking a new four-year term.
Lula da Silva will take over the presidency of Brazil again on January 1, 2023 for a third term, having ruled the country between 2003 and 2010.
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