Bolsonaro’s party recognizes Brazil election result. But he hasn’t conceded

Brazil’s Liberal Party, the party behind presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, on Monday recognized the election results leading to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory, even though the far-right leader has not conceded.

Party president Valdemar Costa Neto said in a statement posted on the social platform X that the party recognizes the election results but that there were “questions raised about the vote” that need clarification.

“We recognize the presidential result proclaimed by the electoral court, but believe that the questions raised need to be properly clarified through a balanced and democratic political debate,” Neto said.

Da Silva, commonly known as Lula, defeated Bolsonaro after the country’s electoral court announced that the president led by 4.4 million votes in the second round of voting.

Bolsonaro had called for the election results to be annulled after Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin permitted Bolsonaro’s and Lula’s requests to keep polls open amid issues with flooding and transportation, respectively. The Brazilian outlet........

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