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BRASIL Flávio Bolsonaro urged supporters to target first-round nonvoters and renewed his call for an 8-year minimum sentence for cellphone theft
The PL candidate used a live broadcast to defend tougher penalties for stealing or reselling irregular cellphones. He also commented on his visit to Jair Bolsonaro and welcomed a Datafolha poll showing him ahead of Lula within the margin of error.
Flávio Bolsonaro on Thursday reiterated a campaign proposal to set a minimum prison sentence of eight years for anyone who steals or resells irregular cellphones. In a live broadcast with senator-elect Guilherme Derrite and reelected federal lawmaker Nikolas Ferreira, he also urged supporters to seek votes from people who did not cast a ballot in the October 4 first round.
According to O Globo, the senator said he wants even tougher security legislation and argued that Derrite and Ferreira would help push those changes starting in January. In the same appearance, he criticized measures backed by Lula’s government in recent days, though he did not specify which ones.
During the livestream, Bolsonaro told backers to find at least one additional vote each among those who stayed away from the polls in the first round, framing the election as a chance to bring Lula’s political era to an end.
He also spoke about his Tuesday visit to his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest in Brasília after being sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison for plotting a coup. O Globo reported that the meeting was authorized by Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes after Flávio had gone three months without being allowed to see him. The restriction had been imposed after he publicized on social media a letter from the former president obtained during an earlier visit.
Flávio Bolsonaro also welcomed the results of a Datafolha poll released on Thursday. The survey gave him 47% of voting intentions against 45% for Lula, leaving the two in a technical tie within the margin of error. In valid votes, according to the poll cited by O Globo, Flávio Bolsonaro had 51% and Lula 49%.
The poll, commissioned by Folha de S.Paulo and cited by O Globo, was conducted on October 13 and 14 with 2,520 people aged 16 or older. It had a margin of error of two percentage points and a 95% confidence level.
The same survey found Lula’s rejection rate at 46% and Flávio Bolsonaro’s at 44%. It also said 74% of Flávio’s voters support him because they see him as the better candidate, while that figure rises to 83% among Lula voters.
In the October 4 first round, Flávio Bolsonaro won 47.03% of valid votes and Lula 45.16%, a gap of 1.87 percentage points, according to O Globo.
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