Brazil police find draft decree in ex-minister's house to revert election -source

Source: Reuters

2 minute read January 12, 2023 5:16 PM EST Last Updated 27 min ago

Brazil police find draft decree in ex-minister's house to revert election -source

By Richard Brito

BRASILIA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Brazilian police found a draft decree in the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro's justice minister that appears to be a proposal to interfere in the result of the October election he lost, two people familiar with the investigation said on Thursday.

The proposed decree, elaborated after Bolsonaro's narrow defeat by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, would establish an emergency "state of defense" for the national election authority, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), opening the door to altering the result, the sources said.

The document was found on Tuesday when police searched the home of Anderson Torres, who became security chief for Brasilia after Lula took office on Jan. 1, the people said.

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The discovery of the document was first reported by Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.

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