The Liberal Party (PL) has not provided any evidence of alleged fraud, court president Alexandre de Moraes said on Wednesday. He also imposed a fine of 23 million reais (4.12 million euros) on the applicants. They would have maliciously and irresponsibly filed a lawsuit and brought them to court.
Bolsonaro lost the second round to leftist ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on October 30. The right-wing head of state did not explicitly acknowledge his defeat.
On Tuesday, the PL submitted a request to the Supreme Electoral Council to have part of the votes declared invalid. According to this law, electronic ballot boxes produced after 2020 cannot have serial numbers and therefore cannot be clearly assigned.
Court president Moraes rejected this. The request is ridiculous and illegal. Even before the vote, Bolsonaro had repeatedly expressed doubts about the electoral system and indicated that he might not recognize the result. (sda/dpa)
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