Brazil’s Bolsonaro Sets Terms for Records Release After Lula’s Disclosure Challenge
Bolsonaro’s campaign said it will disclose records only if Lula widens his own pledge to include advisers, security staff and companies tied to his children.
- On Thursday, Camilo Santana announced that President Luiz Inacio Lula agreed to Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's conditions for disclosing financial records, with the campaign filing an official response with the Supreme Court today.
- Bolsonaro imposed these conditions on Wednesday, requiring disclosure to include the president's advisers, security staff, and companies owned by his children before he releases his own bank, tax, and telephone records.
- Following Lula's Tuesday challenge for transparency, both candidates are targeting the personal finances of each other's families ahead of the Sunday runoff election.
- Both campaigns face intensifying investigations, including Supreme Court probes into Fabio Luis Lula over alleged influence peddling and separate corruption and money laundering claims against Bolsonaro involving a jailed banker.
- Daniel Vorcaro's corruption scandal provides the backdrop for these maneuvers, with data disclosures serving as a strategic move to shift public scrutiny toward the opponent's network of associates.
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Flavio Bolsonaro has asked Lula to open the data of advisers to his son's business before he is willing to reveal personal records amid a corruption scandal.
The presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) said in an event today in Guarulhos (SP) that he agrees to release his banking and telephone secrecy if Lula opens the records of his advisor Marco Aurélio Santana Ribeiro, known as Marcola, who had
Among the requirements is the opening of the telephone seal of the former chief of staff of the petist, Marco Aurélio Santana Ribeiro, known as Marcola
Geraldo Alckmin on a visit to Campinas (SP) on Wednesday (21) Victor Hugo Bittencourt/EPTV Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) said that Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), a candidate for president, is giving an excuse by commenting on the challenge made by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), who seeks re-election, so that the opponent authorizes the disclosure of his banking, fiscal and electronic secrets. On a visit to the Workers' Party Committee (PT) in Ca…
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