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BELO HORIZONTE Lula escalates challenge to Flávio Bolsonaro over disclosure of records and will file response with TSE
Brazil’s president said at a campaign event in Belo Horizonte that his rival added conditions based on falsehoods. According to O Globo, Lula’s campaign says it does not oppose those demands and will submit its formal reply to the electoral court on Thursday.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva renewed his clash on Wednesday with Flávio Bolsonaro over the release of bank, tax and electronic records belonging to both candidates and their relatives. Speaking at a campaign rally in Belo Horizonte, Lula said the senator had attached conditions to the challenge using false claims, in remarks framed with references to the card game truco, according to O Globo.
The newspaper also reported that Lula’s campaign says it does not object to the conditions set by Flávio Bolsonaro and will formally file its response with the Superior Electoral Court at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
The dispute began after Lula challenged his rival, during the Band debate and in interviews, to open his records and those of his relatives covering the past eight years. O Globo reported that Lula has already submitted a filing to the TSE authorizing the release of his bank, tax and electronic records for that period, as well as those of family members, provided Flávio Bolsonaro does the same.
That proposal includes Janja and Lula’s five children: Lurian, Marcos Cláudio, Sandro Luís, Luís Cláudio and Fábio Luís. It also demands that the senator authorize disclosure of his own records, those of close relatives and those of companies linked to his group. According to O Globo, the filing names Jair Bolsonaro, Rogéria Bolsonaro, Carlos Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, Jair Renan Bolsonaro and Fernanda Bolsonaro.
O Globo said Flávio Bolsonaro’s response broadened the scope of the challenge and added demands covering both Lula’s earlier presidential terms and the current federal administration. Those requests include authorizations involving close aides such as Marco Aurélio Santana Ribeiro; accounts and records of companies linked to the president’s relatives, as well as Instituto Lula and L.I.L.S. Palestras dating back to 2003; visitor logs at the Planalto Palace and details of a meeting with Daniel Vorcaro in December 2024; clarification about the government’s relationship with Roberta Luchsinger and records of her entry into presidential palaces and flights on the Brazilian Air Force; disclosure involving Frei Chico; and the release of all presidential corporate card spending since January 2023 along with Janja’s institutional schedules.
In another report cited from the same outlet, Lula campaign political coordinator Camilo Santana described those conditions as a maneuver. O Globo also said the campaign criticized Flávio for not including Alcazar Holdings among the companies covered by the proposed disclosure.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
