During his vote, Minister Alexandre de Moraes stated that the complaint presented solid evidence authored by those accused in the process that investigates the attempted coup. The rapporteur mentioned excerpts from a ministerial meeting of the former governor of Jair Bolsonaro, where the investigators discussed and disseminated false news about the reliability of the electronic ballot box, one of the central points of the accusation.
Moraes, in counteracting the allegations of electoral fraud, emphasized that there is no “nothing more reliable than the electronic ballot boxes.” The minister stressed that attacks on the Brazilian electoral system, driven by false information, are an integral part of the context of the coup plot that, according to the complaint, involved members of the Bolsonaro government in an attempt to destabilize the democratic process.
