JAKARTA - Brazil's chief election court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected a complaint from ally of President Jair Bolsonaro over objections to last presidential election, in which incumbents lost by a small margin of vote acquisition, according to court documents.
Former left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated Bolsonaro in the second round of October 30, marking a stunning revival for former left-wing and final presidents of Brazil's far-right government in decades.
Lula's winning margin was less than two percentage points. Lula won 50.9 percent of the vote compared to 49.1 percent for Bolsonaro, the General Elections Court said, declaring former President Lula the winner.
Moraes, who served as a Supreme Court judge, also fined parties in the Bolsonaro coalition up to 22.9 million reais (USD 4.27 million) for what the court described as litigation in bad faith, the document shows.
On Tuesday, Liberal Party (PL) Bolsonaro filed a complaint to sue the election results, claiming some of the defective electronic voting machines and votes had to be dropped, an argument that the election authorities were skeptical of.
Under the provisions of Wednesday's election court decision, political funds for the presidential coalition party were ordered to be blocked until a fine was paid.
The ruling also ordered an investigation into the abuse of party structure and funds by the chairman of PL Valdemar da Costa Neto.
In the ruling, Moraes described the objection as "offensive" to democratic norms, adding that it was trying to encourage criminal and anti-democracy movements.
"The sound box produces files that make it possible to properly identify the equipment used. When one of these mechanisms stops working, the other replaces it, without affecting tracing and possibly identifying ballot boxes," according to the decision.
Meanwhile, election experts and political analysts have denounced the election challenges of Bolsonaro's allies as weak, although it could still trigger supporters who have protested their defeat at the polling station.
It is known that Bolsonaro remained silent in public for nearly 48 hours after the election was held on October 30, still not admitting defeat, although he gave his government the authority to begin preparing for the presidential transition.
As one of Brazil's most active figures on social media and public events, Bolsonaro has almost disappeared from the public in the past three weeks, with little or no formal agenda or public statements almost every day.
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