OUR Zaire Bolsonaro denied on Monday that he intended to stage a coup d’état if he lost the October presidential election, but said he was rejecting a proposal to revise an article of the constitution, which was adopted as an attempt by the far-right president’s allies to grant him immunity from any future criminal prosecution.

An attempt by the head of state to turn a military parade into his Independence Day Brazil (September 7) at his campaign event, with only a few weeks left before the election, he added fuel to the fire of fears that Mr. Bolsonaronostalgic for the military junta, tries to revive his popularity with the help of the army.

mr. Bolsonaro ranks second in all pre-election polls, within striking distance of its centre-left predecessor Louis Inassiu Lula Yes Silvia.

However, as he assured during an interview he gave podcast: “I’m not afraid to lose the election. I’m not worried about that,” before adding, “If I wanted to stage a coup, I wouldn’t say anything.”

Despite his assurances, the Brazilian far-right leader has reiterated his theories that the e-voting system encourages “fraud”, although they have been repeatedly denied by the authorities, in particular the Electoral Tribunal (TSE).

“We want transparency because some people are building a reputation for me as a conspirator who will not accept the election results,” he said.

Asked about reports that his allies are seeking to revise the constitution to allow former presidents to serve as senators for life. -as well as so have legal immunity-mr. Bolsonaro he said that he was not interested in such proposals. “I don’t need this immunity,” he insisted.

There was also a poll yesterday. BTG/FSB Conducted by phone showed that Mr. Bolsonaro closed the gap with him Lulathat the difference between the two candidates is in single digits (7%), the far-right president has 34%, while his centre-left predecessor has 41%. Their percentages were 31% and 44% respectively in the previous version of this rolling survey in July. In May, the difference was 14 points.

Other polls require the former president to maintain a double-digit lead (18 points in the institute’s poll). datafolia12 points in Genial Poll/Quest).

Recorded improvement in the image of Mr. Bolsonaro To explain the increase in social spending, in particular the restoration of the monthly allowance for the lowest income families, and his efforts to reduce fuel prices, the main reason for rising inflation is a key concern of voters.

Even research on BTG/FSBhowever, he cites Mr. Bolsonaro to be defeated in the second round with 39% of the vote against 51% of his opponent. The poll was conducted on a sample of 2,000 voters from August 5 to 8 and has an error ±2%.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters}