Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Escalates Rhetoric Over Electoral Fraud

"I want elections next year, but clean, democratic and sincere elections," Jair Bolsonaro said in his weekly social media webcast to supporters.

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pleaded on Thursday for the adoption of printed ballots that can be counted, alleging that it is necessary to avoid fraud in the country's electronic voting system in next year's election. "I want elections next year, but clean, democratic and sincere elections," he said in his weekly social media webcast to supporters. Bolsonaro showed a series of internet video clips as alleged evidence of past fraud, maintaining that democracy was at risk in Brazil. Critics say that Bolsonaro, like former US President Donald Trump, is sowing election doubts to pave the way for him not to accept defeat in 2022.