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Brazil·Elections

Flávio Bolsonaro's party blocked from registering his presidential candidacy after fraudulent affiliation change

Friday, 14 August 2026, 06:29 · 1 min read

Brazil's Liberal Party was unable on Thursday to file Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy with the Superior Electoral Court (Brazil's top electoral authority) after official records suddenly showed him as a member of an unrelated party, the Missão, rather than his own — with just two days remaining before Saturday's registration deadline. The court said the change did not result from a system breach but from the misuse of access credentials, and opened an investigation; the record was reversed within hours, though Bolsonaro's legal team announced it would also request a Federal Police inquiry. The incident further inflames an already tense campaign atmosphere ahead of October's election, in which the latest CNT/MDA poll puts President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at 48% against Bolsonaro's 39.1% in a potential runoff.

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El PaísFlávio Bolsonaro sufre problemas para inscribir su candidatura presidencial al aparecer en un partido distinto al suyo ↗︎MercoPressBrazil: Two days before the deadline, Bolsonaro's party cannot register Flávio as candidate ↗︎MercoPress (ES)La ventaja de Lula sobre Flávio Bolsonaro en balotaje se reduce a 8,9 puntos, según CNT/MDA ↗︎
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